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...University of Algiers to get his doctorate of law (both his mother and father were practicing lawyers), he was elected president of the student federation, still the main source of his political following. All Algeria became aware of Pierre Lagaillarde during the events of May 13, 1958. When the mob stormed the 14-story Government General Building, Pierre was one of its leaders, and thousands cheered as he mounted to the roof and triumphantly waved a huge Tricolor...
...gendarmes who retreated. But as they disappeared from sight, a convoy of six-by-six trucks full of Massu's old paratroopers came roaring up, sirens screaming. And this time, unlike 1958, the army was not on the side of the mob. Slapping on an 8 p.m. curfew, General Maurice Challe, French commander in chief in Algeria, went on the air to declare a state of siege. While Algiers counted its casualties-19 dead, 141 wounded -Challe angrily blamed the ultras for starting the firing, and announced: "The uprising will never triumph over the French army. I am having...
...sight of Castro's anger, his labor-union bosses called out the mob. Descending next day on the Spanish embassy, deserted in the nick of time by Ambassador Lojendio. the crowd ran up the Cuban and Spanish Loyalist flags on the embassy pole, threw tomatoes, shouted and waved banners reading DOWN WITH FRANCO! OUT WITH LOJENDIO! TO SPAIN OR TO PRISON ! Another mob trailed Lojendio to the airport next morning, yelling as he boarded a plane for home: "Get out, you jackass...
Army Keeps Out Mob for First Time...
...first time the army cordon around the insurgent stronghold in the heart of Algiers kept out the Algiers mob and most of the rebels' outside support. The marked stiffening of the army's attitude followed the sudden replacement of Brig. Gen. Jean Gracieux by Brig. Gen. Kleber Toulouse as on-the-spot commander. Gracieux was sent back to the countryside to fight the Algerian nationalist rebels...