With Ducournau the school of Indo-China arrived in Algeria. Setting up his headquarters in Arris, he immediately decided to pursue relentlessly the F.L.N. into the hills, living with the indigènes according to Mao’s often quoted principle of the “fish in water”, and taking with him as guides and trackers some of the loyal Chaouias that Jean Servier had recruited for the defence of Arris.

DEFINE: The bandit d'honneur (honor bandit) figure is a distinctive historical concept blending criminality with social respect, personified by Belkacem Grine.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 328