Battle of Sig
Part of French conquest of Algeria
Date26 June 1835
Location
Sig, Algeria
Result Algerian Victory[1]
Belligerents
 Kingdom of France Emirate of Mascara
Commanders and leaders
France Camille Alphonse Trézel Emir Abdelkader
Strength
2,500 8,000 cavaliers,4 000 infantrymen
Casualties and losses
52 killed, 189 wounded[2] (French claim) Unknown
Battle of Sig is located in Algeria
Battle of Sig
Location within Algeria

35°24′44″N 0°04′49″E / 35.4121°N 0.0802°E / 35.4121; 0.0802In the Battle of Sig (26-27 June 1835), French forces, assisted by the Douair and Smela tribes, fought the Algerian resistance led by Emir Abdelkader in the forest of Moulay-Ismaël near Sig.[1]

On June 26, General Trézel's column, consisting of 2,500 men, arrived on the banks of the Sig, ten leagues from Oran. There, he encountered Abdelkader's army, consisting of 8,000 cavalrymen and 4,000 infantrymen.[1] After the French vanguard folded under the impetuous charge of the Algerian cavalry, Trézel ceded the place to the Algerians and retreated some distance away to avoid total defeat.[1]

On June 27, Trézel and his forces set off to return to Oran.[1] The day after, they were ambushed by Abdelkader near the marshes of the Macta.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Michael Greenhalgh (2014). The Military and Colonial Destruction of the Roman Landscape of North Africa, 1830-1900. BRILL. pp. 74–75. ISBN 978-90-04-27163-0.
  2. ↑ Abel Hugo, France militaire. 1838. Histoire des armées françaises, Volume 5, p.360. In French.


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