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Battle of Sidi Brahim | |||||||
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Part of the French conquest of Algeria | |||||||
Battle of Sidi Brahim by Louis-Théodore Devilly. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Kingdom of France | Emirate of Mascara | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Lucien François † | Abd al-Qadir | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
500 men[2]
| 3,000 cavalrymen[3] (French claim) | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
400 killed[4] 96 captured only 9 survived[5] | unknown |
The Battle of Sidi Brahim was a battle at Sidi Brahim in French Algeria between the troops of Abdelkader El Djezairi and French troops under Lieutenant-Colonel Lucien de Montagnac from 22 to 25 September 1845. The French force was made up of the light infantry troops of the 8th Infantry Battalion and the second squadron of the 2nd Regiment of Hussars.