Battle of Sig

Battle of Sig
	Part of French Conquest of Algeria
Date	26-27 june 1835
Location	Sig, Algeria
Result	Algerian Victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of France	Emirate of Mascara
Commanders and leaders
Camille Alphonse Trézel	Emir Abdelkader
Strength
at least 2500 (armed)	8,000 cavaliers,4 000 infantrymen
Casualties and losses
52 died , 189 wounded	Unknown but low
	Location within Algeria

Coordinates: 35°24′44″N 0°04′49″E / 35.4121°N 0.0802°E / 35.4121; 0.0802In the Battle of Sig (26-27 June 1835), French forces, assisted by the Douair and Smela tribes, fought the Algerian resistance led by Emir Abdelkader in the forest of Moulay-Ismaël near Sig for 2 days.^[2]

Unable to resist the Algerian assault, the men of General Camille Alphonse Trézel eventually retreated. A second retreat took place at Arzew but Trézel's forces were swiftly overtaken. The Algerian cavalry, faster, more mobile and above all more numerous, blocked the French at the Macta. While the Foreign Legion succeeded in containing the attackers and pushing them back, the Algerians continued their attacks. The French forces lost 52 men and 189 were wounded on the first day.^[2]

The next day, on June 27, the Algerian forces ambushed the French at the Macta marshes which are formed by the confluence of the Sig and the Habra, between the river and the forest. The heavy wagons of the convoy were destroyed and the injured soldiers from the previous night's battle were slaughtered. The troops were also annihilated. The Foreign Legion stepped in again, freeing the way toward Arzew. The attack by the Algerian horsemen cost the French forces, with 262 men killed and 300 wounded on the second day.^[2]

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^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Abel Hugo, France militaire. 1838. Histoire des armées françaises, Volume 5, p.360. In French.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Pascal, Adrien (1850). Histoire de l'armée et de tous les régiments, depuis les premiers temps de la monarchie française jusqu'à nos jours (in French). A. Barbier.

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[Hugo-1838-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Abel Hugo, France militaire. 1838. Histoire des armées françaises, Volume 5, p.360. In French.

[:0-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Pascal, Adrien (1850). Histoire de l'armée et de tous les régiments, depuis les premiers temps de la monarchie française jusqu'à nos jours (in French). A. Barbier.

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Battle of Sig

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