Second Assault of Dellys

Second Assault of Dellys (1844)
Part of the French conquest of Algeria
Qubba of Sidi Soussan overlooking Dellys.
Date 25 April – 27 May 1844 Location Dellys, Kabylia,  Algeria 36°54′57″N 3°54′53″E / 36.915789°N 3.9146904°E / 36.915789; 3.9146904 Result French victory
Belligerents
Emirate of Abdelkader Kingdom of Kuku Islamic Zawiyas Rahmaniyya	Kingdom of France
Commanders and leaders
Emir Abdelkader Ahmed bin Salem Ali ben Zamoum	Bugeaud Périgot Daumas Gentil Mahieddine
Strength
Kabyles 10,000 resistants	Troupes coloniales French Navy 8,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
500 killed	3 killed

The Second Assault of Dellys was an assault by French troupes coloniales under General Thomas Robert Bugeaud (1784–1849) against the Algerian resistance fighters in the town of Dellys, Kabylia of the Igawawen.^[1] It was part of the French conquest of Algeria and took place in April–May 1844.