One factor that was costing the French much goodwill was a new policy designed in the first instance to protect the loyal and the uncommitted from F.L.N. terrorism. This was regroupement, or resettlement, which—to rephrase the oft-quoted axiom—aimed at emptying the water away from the fish by isolating communities from the F.L.N. and thus denying it refuge and supplies.

DEFINE: 'Regroupement' is explained as a French resettlement policy aimed at depriving the FLN of refuge and supplies by isolating communities.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 690