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Battle of the Smala
Part of the French conquest of Algeria
Capture of the Smala of Abd El-Kader, 16 May 1843 by Horace Vernet.
Date
16 May 1843
Location
Taguin, Emirate of Mascara
Result
French victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of France
Emirate of Mascara
Commanders and leaders
Henri d'Orléans
Emir Abdelkader
Strength
500 cavalry
2,000 infantry 1,200 cavalry Camp followers
Casualties and losses
9 dead 12 wounded
300 dead 3,000 captured
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French conquest of Algeria
War against the Deylik (1830–1837)
Pre-invasion
Bay of Algiers (1827)
Dellys (1830)
Invasion of Algiers
Sidi Fredj (1830)
Staouéli (1830)
Sidi Khalef (1830)
Bordj Moulay Hassan (1830)
Mitidja (Beylik of Titteri)
1st Blida (1830)
Médéa (1830)
Médéa (1831)
El Harrach (1831)
El Harrach (1832)
Hadjout (1834)
Beylik of Oran
Oran (1831)
Beylik of Constantine
Annaba (1832)
1st Béjaia (1831)
2nd Béjaia (1833)
3rd Béjaia (1835)
1st Constantine (1836)
2nd Constantine (1837)
War against Abdelkader (1832–1847)
First Kaderian war (1832–1834)
Kheng-Nettah (1832)
Second Kaderian war (1835–1838)
Sig (1835)
Macta (1835)
Habrah (1835)
Mascara (1835)
Tlemcen (1836)
Sikkak (1836)
Reghaia (1837)
Beni Aicha (1837)
Boudouaou (1837)
Issers (1837)
Somah (1837)
Third Kaderian war (1839–1847)
Mitidja (1839)
Ammal (1840)
Beni Mered (1842)
Smala (1843)
Tadmaït (1844)
Dellys (1844)
Sidi Brahim (1845)
Issers (1846)
Oued Aslaf (1847)
Agueddin (1847)
Pacification of Algeria
Zaatcha (1849)
Laghouat (1852)
Sebaou River (1854)
Tachekkrit (1854)
Mokrani Revolt
Palestro (1871)
Touggourt (1871)
Flatters expeditions
Battle of Tit
The Battle of the Smala was fought in 1843 between France and Algerian resistance fighters during the French conquest of Algeria. The French, led by Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale, raided the personal encampment (Arabic: زمالةzmala) of Algerian resistance leader Emir Abdelkader al-Jazairi on 16 May 1843 while al-Qadir was absent on a raiding expedition. The 500 French cavalrymen surprised the camp defenders, who fired a single volley before scattering. More than 3000 of al-Qadir's followers out of a camp population of 30,000 were captured, as were many of his possessions, including his war chest and a library valued at £5000. Three days later, another 2500 followers were captured.
Al-Qadir fled to Morocco later that year, triggering French pressure on Morocco and the advent of the Franco-Moroccan War in 1844. He was eventually captured in 1847, ending major Algerian resistance to the French colonial occupation.
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Emirate of Mascara