Battle of Sikkak
| Battle of Sikkak | |||||||
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| Part of the French conquest of Algeria | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kingdom of France |
 Emirate of Mascara | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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General Thomas-Robert Bugeaud Governor Bertrand Clauzel |
Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Roughly a brigade-sized force ~2,000–3,000 men[1] | ~10,000 (a mix of regular soldiers and tribal warriors)[1][2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Less than 50[1] | ~1,000[1] | ||||||
The Battle of Sikkak was fought on 6 July 1836[2] at the Sikkak river in western Algeria between French forces under General Thomas Robert Bugeaud,and a coalition of Algerian tribes of western Algeria under Emir Abd al-Qadir, who had in the previous year defeated the French at the Battle of Macta.
The result was a French victory,[2] this accomplished French aims of weakening Abd al-Qadirs state to force a peace. Treaty of Tafna was latter negotiated between the two commanders of this battle.
France used the peace brought about by the victory to concentrate their limited forces against the Beylik of Constantine, winning the 1837 Siege of Constantine.[2][3]
The battle represents the last large clash of forces between France and the forces of Abd al-Qadir, though with intermittent peace agreements he would continue to wage a low intensity conflict against French rule until his surrender in 1847.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Thoral, Marie-Cecile. "French Colonial Counter-Insurgency: General Bugeaud and the Conquest of Algeria, 1840-47". British Journal for Military History. 1 (2).
- ^ a b c d McDougall, James (2017). A History of Algeria (1 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-02923-0.
- ^ Roughton, Richard A. (1985-05-01). "Economic Motives and French Imperialism: The 1837 Tafna Treaty as a Case Study". The Historian. 47 (3): 360–381. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6563.1985.tb00667.x. ISSN 0018-2370.
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