. Cook's practical guide to Algeria and Tunisia . rooms and bedrooms : moderate charges. (All threehotels accept Cooks Coupons, A, B, and C.) This, the chief city (population 49,700), of the Departmentof Constantine, stands 600 metres above the level of the is a fortress of the first order ; and by reason also ofits exceptional natural position, the city may be said tobe practically impregnable. The town of Constantine issituated on an isolated block of rocks, rising perpendicularly s 274 ALGERIA AND TUNISIA. nearly 1,000 feet, encircled on the north and east by a deepravine, from 60 to
. Cook's practical guide to Algeria and Tunisia . rooms and bedrooms : moderate charges. (All threehotels accept Cooks Coupons, A, B, and C.) This, the chief city (population 49,700), of the Departmentof Constantine, stands 600 metres above the level of the is a fortress of the first order ; and by reason also ofits exceptional natural position, the city may be said tobe practically impregnable. The town of Constantine issituated on an isolated block of rocks, rising perpendicularly s 274 ALGERIA AND TUNISIA. nearly 1,000 feet, encircled on the north and east by a deepravine, from 60 to 70 metres wide, through which runsthe river Hummel. It resembles Monaco in its principaloutlines, minus the sea. Divided by its natural dyke, through which flows theRummel (River of Bands) the city is united to the suburbsof El-Kantara and Mansourah by an iron bridge (El-Kantar) of only one arch, high above the ravine. Beneaththe bridge the river disappears below a vault of rocks,emerging further on in the form of rapid torrents CONSTANTINE. This imposing fortification of fucks enabled Constantine towithstand 80 sieges. Taken by the Romans in the fourthcentury, it assumed the name of the Roman Emperor Con-stantine, by which it is known to this day. Falling later into the hands of the Arabs, it became acentre of literary and religious life, like Tlemcen and L535 Constantine fell into the power of the Turks, andformed pari of t he province of Algiers. In 183G Constantine repulsed an attack by a French DISTRICTS EAST OF ALGIERS. 275 army under Marshal Clanzel, who was compelled to retreatto Bone, where he was recalled to Paris; but another expe-dition under General Damremont and the Due de Nemourswas successful, and Constantine became French in Damremont was killed on this occasion, and greatwere the losses on both sides; hundreds of the inhabitantswho attempted to escape by means of cords into the ravinesbelow were dashed to pieces. Constan
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