Battle of El Menaouer | |||||||
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Part of Algerian War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
ALN | France | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Si Mohamed Si Redouan † Si Abdel Latif Ali Hellali | Unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Unknown | French Army Light Aviation | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown | 20,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
69 men 23 wounded |
650 men 6 aircraft |
The Battle of El Menaouer occurred in 1957, when two battalions of Algerian rebels were ambushed by a much larger French force.