With the death of Bellounis there ended disastrously yet another private army enterprise; at the same time, it also removed for the F.L.N. the last major threat of a rival military bid by the Messalists.

QUESTION: What was Operation Ollivier, and how was Trinquier's account reconciled with the varying French and Italian press versions?

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 802