The changeable fortunes of Wilaya 4 have already been recounted, from the time when, during the Battle of Algiers, it had presented a model command to the period when its infection by la bleuite (caught from Amirouche’s Wilaya 3) had almost brought it to its knees in a welter of debilitating purges. The one bright spot for the Wilaya 4 command then had been the adroit fooling of French intelligence by that redoubtable fighting commander, Major Azedine, who, when captured, had persuaded them of his intention to negotiate a surrender on behalf of the Wilaya leaders, and had then decamped, leaving his inquisitors humiliated — and extremely suspicious.

FICTION: Major Azedine's ruse — convincing interrogators he would negotiate surrender, then escaping — is a vivid scene of tactical deception during capture that could inspire a story beat.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 1175