Battle of the Smala

When

16 May 1843

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

34.89° N, 2.31° E

Description

1843 battle

1843 battle during the French conquest of Algeria

The Battle of the Smala took place on 16 May 1843, when the French, led by Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale, raided the personal encampment of Algerian resistance leader Emir Abdelkader al-Jazairi while al-Qadir was absent on a raiding expedition. The 500 French cavalrymen surprised the camp defenders, who fired a single volley before scattering.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “French conquest of Algeria: Battle of the Smala - French troops led by Henri d'Orléans, duc d'Aumale, are victorious over Algerian forces led by Emir Abdelkader”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “prise de la smala”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page