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France took Algiers in July 1830 and gradually extended its hold over the country. It met its fiercest resistance from Emir Abdelkader, a political and religious leader. He surrendered in December 1847. Some regions such as Kabylia were nevertheless subdued only later.
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1833
Since the fall of the Dey of Algiers, Bougie had been in the hands of the Kabyle Mezzaia tribe, and two French expeditions had failed there in 1831. A new one left Toulon on 22 September 1833 under General Trézel, and arrived on the 29th at first light.
Photo: Horace Vernet (Public domain)
1836
On 6 July 1836, on the banks of the Sikkak near Tlemcen, General Bugeaud faces the fighters of Emir Abd el-Kader. Governor Clauzel, busy preparing an expedition against Constantine, has given him the task of keeping the emir in check: it is Bugeaud's first intervention in Algeria.
Photo: Horace Vernet (Public domain)
1835
26 June 1835, conquest of Algeria: General Trézel's column faced the fighters of Emir Abdelkader in the forest of Moulay-Ismaël, near the Sig. After heavy losses, it had to fall back towards Arzew.
Photo: Caran D Ache (Public domain)
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