Ambush of Oued Zeggar | |||||||
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Part of Algerian War | |||||||
Monument in Ain Kechra | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
ALN | France | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Bouali Messaoud | Unknown | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
300 or 600 men |
100+ men 7 Tanks 17 Military Trucks | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
None or 3 |
100 or 90 dead 1 or 12 captured |
The Ambush of Oued Zeggar or the Battle of Ain Kechra, was a military operation by the ALN to ambush a french military convoy near Ain Kechra in Skikda, Algeria in 1957.