ABSTRACT
Gerhardt Rohlfs, the German explorer, was the first to publish a detailed description of southeastern Morocco. The Treaty of Lalla-Marnia had given the French the privilege of pursuing dissident tribesmen into Moroccan territory. The government restrained the army from making use of the droit de suite very often, fearing diplomatic complications with the makhzan and the other European powers. The French rushed reinforcements into Oranie, took the offensive in July, and quickly scattered the murabit's forces or forced them to beat a hasty retreat into Moroccan territory. The Treaty of Lalla-Marnia defined the Algero-Moroccan border only as far south as a point called Teniet el-Sassi, located a few miles northeast of the present Moroccan town of Aïn-Benimathar (Berguent). In 1870 Awlad Sidi Shaykh insurgents managed to put together an alliance with Moroccan tribesmen of the Dawi Mani', the Awlad Jarir, and the Bani Gil for the purpose of launching raids into Oranie.
