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Battle of Macta

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5,000 infantryone cavalry regiment
  
20,000 cavalry

Date
  
28 June 1835

500 killed
  
unknown

Result
  
Algerian victory

Similar
  
Battle of the Smala, Battle of Constantine, Siege of Constantine, Battle of Mazagran, French conquest of Algeria

Battle of mactan


The Battle of Macta was fought on 28 June 1835 between French forces under General Camille Alphonse Trézel and a coalition of Algerian Berber tribal warriors under Emir Abd al-Qadir during the French conquest of Algeria. The French column, which had fought an inconclusive but somewhat bloody battle with Abdul-Qadir a few days earlier, was retreating toward Arzew to resupply when Abdul-Qadir attacked in the marshes on the banks of the Macta River in what is now western Algeria. The French panicked and fled to Arzew in a disorganized rout. The Algerians piled the heads of their defeated French enemies in a pyramid, allegedly hundreds in total.

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The disaster led to the recall to France of Trézel and the comte d'Erlon, the first military governor-general of the French possessions in Africa, and helped Abdul-Qadir gain influence over tribes throughout Algeria.

The french battle of macta against ottoman algeria


References

Battle of Macta Wikipedia


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