Bombardment of Algiers (1688)

For other battles in the same place, see Battle of Algiers.
Bombardment of Algiers (1688)
Part of French-Algerian War 1681-88

The bombardment of Algiers, 1688
DateJune–July 1688
Location
Algiers
Result

Algerian victory

  • French retreat
  • French ambition stopped[1]
  • Algiers heavily damaged
Belligerents
Royal Standard of the King of France France Algiers
Commanders and leaders
Royal Standard of the King of France Jean II d'Estrées Mezzo Morto Hüseyin Pasha
Units involved
31 warships
10 bomb galiots		 Unknown

The bombardment of Algiers in 1688 was a military expedition ordered by Louis XIV against the Regency of Algiers in order to enforce the peace treaty of 1683 which had been violated by Algerian pirates. The squadron, comprising 31 ships and 10 bomb galiots, was commanded by Jean II d'Estrées.[2][3][4]

D'Estrées' squadron arrived at Algiers on 26 June. It succeeded in inflicting serious damage on the city, but its artillery defences had been strengthened since the previous French expeditions in 1682 and 1683.[5] As a result, the French fleet lost several ships and was obliged to retire after 16 days, without being able to enforce the peace treaty.[6]

  1. ^ Ferdinand Ludwig Von Bressler Und Aschenburg (1722). "Die heutigen christlichen Souverainen von Europa.".
  2. ^ Kaddache, Mahfoud (1982). L'Algérie des Algériens. Algiers: Société nationale d'édition et de diffusion. p. 417. ISBN 978-9-961-96621-1.
  3. ^ Geoffrey Symcox (6 December 2012). The Crisis of French Sea Power, 1688–1697: From the Guerre d'Escadre to the Guerre de Course. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 74. ISBN 978-94-010-2072-5.
  4. ^ Gaïd, Mouloud (1975). L'Algérie sous les Turcs. Maison tunisienne de l'édition. p. 148. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  5. ^ Gaïd 1975, p. 75
  6. ^ Geoffrey Symcox (2012). The Crisis of French Sea Power, 1688–1697 From the Guerre d'Escadre to the Guerre de Course. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 74. ISBN 978-94-010-2072-5.