Actually, that's not what my top French source says.
Half this country gets its news from French sources.
The French military source said the legionnaire could last several days on the run even in such harsh conditions.
Most of the above accounts come from the French sources.
Other French sources calculate that the death rate was only 15,000.
French sources published after the battle give a figure of 3,000, but this number does not include those captured, which amounted to 3,500 alone.
French sources also record the name of his son, Athore.
The gamble paid off and the base fell after a few hours' fighting, French sources say.
The engagement was hard fought and the results uncertain "until the last hour" according to French sources.
The only complete and fully documented original French military source, it was published in 1910.
