What the records say
- When
- 10 Oct 1837 – 13 Oct 1837
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 36.28° N, 6.62° E
- Description
- 1837 siege at the Algerian city of Constantine
Siege of Constantine
1837 siege in Algeria
The siege of Constantine was a blockade and assault on Constantine in October 1837 by French forces during the French conquest of Algeria. The decisive battle resulted in the collapse of the Beylik of Constantine led by Ahmed Bey.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The French army under Sylvain Charles Valée captures the city of Constantine in French Algeria after a siege of three days”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “prise de Constantine”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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