With the pressure of the Challe offensive removed, the F.L.N. was able to launch a new terrorist campaign; whereas in November 710 incidents were recorded (the lowest number since 1955), in December they rose to 1,258. This resurgence of terrorism was enough to be heard in New York, and enough to enrage the pieds noirs, but not enough to provoke a reluctant de Gaulle into massive counter-measures.

XREF: Connects to broader Algerian War of Independence history and the Challe offensive counterinsurgency campaign.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 1292