Raid on Reghaïa (1837)
Raid on Reghaïa | |||||||
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Part of the Reghaia | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Emirate of Mascara
| France | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Cheikh Ben Zamoum |
Damrémont Perrégaux Schauenburg La Torré | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
500 warriors |
French farmers local troops | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Presumably none |
2 dead Several cattle stolen |
The Raid on Reghaïa in May 1837, during the French conquest of Algeria, pitted the French colonizers in Reghaïa region against the Kabyle troops of the Igawawen confederacy.[1][2]
Background
Before colonization the Igawawen, also known as Zwawas served as troops under the
Mercier and Saussine Farm
After Colonel Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg (1784-1838) perpetrated the Massacre of El Ouffia in 1832, the pace of spoliation and sequestration of Algerian lands and properties increased in order to settle more French farmers in Mitidja from the year 1836.[3] Thus, in Reghaïa, a settlement of more than 3,000 hectares was granted to two Frenchmen, called Mercier and Saussine, in order to establish a large agricultural establishment in this wet plain.[4] The entrepreneur Mercier who had just arrived from the
Attack
plain. The Zwawa confederacy, more specifically the Beni Aïcha, the Issers and the Amraoua tribes looted Reghaïa.[6] Two French colonists were killed by the Zwawa in the agricultural fields, and a considerable amount ofGallery
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First Battle of Boudouaou (1837)
See also
- French conquest of Algeria
- Emirate of Abdelkader
- Emir Mustapha
- Expedition of the Col des Beni Aïcha (1837)
- First Battle of Boudouaou (1837)
- First Battle of the Issers (1837)
External links
- (fr) Information on the capture of Algiers in 1830 on YouTube
- (fr) The conquest of Algeria: Interview with Ahmed Djebbar on YouTube
- 1- (fr) The conquest of Algeria (1830-1847) on YouTube
- 2- (fr) The conquest of Algeria (1830-1847) on YouTube
- (fr) The conquest of Algeria: Interview with Jacques Frémeaux on YouTube
- (fr) Conquest of Algeria - Marshal Bugeaud on YouTube
Bibliography
- Revue des deux mondes. Paris. 1836. p. 609.
- Hippolyte Dumas de Lamarche (1855). Les Turcs et les Russes : histoire de la guerre d'Orient. Paris: Gustave Barba, Libraire-Éditeur. p. 73.
- Louis de Baudicour (1860). Histoire de la colonisation de l'Algérie. Paris: Challamel Ainé, Libraire-Éditeur. p. 49.
- Session législative de 1870; Cahiers Algériens. Algiers: Imprimerie Duclaux. 1870. p. 107.
References
- ^ Trumelet, Corneille (1887). "Une page de l'histoire de la colonisation algerienne: Bou-Farik".
- ^ "Le Spectateur militaire; Recueil de science, d'art et d'histoire militaires". 1838.
- ^ Hippolyte Dumas de Lamarche (1855). Les Turcs et les Russes : histoire de la guerre d'Orient. G. Barda. pp. 1–.
- ^ Revue des deux mondes. Au Bureau de la Revue des deux mondes. 1836. pp. 609–.
- ^ L'Afrique française: revue coloniale, politique, administrative, militaire, agricole, commerciale et scientifique. 1837. pp. 11–.
- ^ Paul Azan (1931). Conquête et pacification de l'Algérie. Librairie de France.
- ^ Louis de Baudicour (1860). Histoire de la colonisation de l'Algérie. Challamel Aine. pp. 49–.