La Dépêche tunisienne

La Dépêche tunisienne was a French language daily newspaper published in Tunisia.

La Dépêche tunisienne was established in 1892[1] when the country was under the French protectorate.

[3] Politically in favour of the right, it was financed by major groups in mainland France and by local businesses.

[2] The paper is frequently referenced in Robert Harris' historical novel An Officer and a Spy, a fictionalized biography of Georges Picquart.

As depicted in the book, the Dépêche was the means by which Picquart, effectively exiled to Tunisia by the army command, could keep up with developments in the Dreyfus Affair.