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Battle of Constantine

Battle of Constantine was a siege conducted on 21 November 1836 at Constantine, in what is now Algeria. It was part of the French conquest of Algeria, which ran from 1830 to 1904. The recorded result: Algerian victory. Recorded strength: 8,070 ( including 30 officers) against 1,200.

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Record

Date21 November 1836
PlaceConstantine, Algeria
36.283N, 6.617E
Part ofFrench conquest of Algeria (1830 to 1904)
KindSiege, nineteenth century
ResultAlgerian victory
BelligerentsFrance20px Beylik of Constantine
CommandersBertrand Clausel; Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours; Camille Alphonse Trézel; Alexandre-Gaultier de Rigny20px Ahmed Bey ben Mohamed Chérif; 20px Ali ben Aissa
Strength8,070 ( including 30 officers)1,200
Casualties and losses453 deaths; 304 woundedUnknown
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Battle of Constantine is one of 2,483 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 60 in present-day Algeria.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3485860, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Constantine, revision 1381204769, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.