battle, nineteenth century

Second Assault of Dellys

Name: Second Assault of Dellys
Start: 1844-04-25
Location: Algeria

Second Assault of Dellys was a battle fought on 25 April 1844 in what is now Algeria; it lasted 32 days. The recorded result: French victory. Recorded strength: Kabyles; 10,000 resistants against Troupes coloniales; French Navy; 8,000 soldiers.

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Fought25 April 1844lasted 32 days

WhereAlgeria36.698N, 3.733E

OutcomeFrench victory

Belligerents20px Emirate of Abdelkader; Kingdom of Kuku; 20px Islamic Zawiyas; 20px RahmaniyyaagainstKingdom of France

Casualties and losses500 killedand3 killed

Record

Date	25 April 1844 to 27 May 1844
Place	Algeria 36.698N, 3.733E
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	Kabyles; 10,000 resistants	Troupes coloniales; French Navy; 8,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses	500 killed	3 killed
Commanders	Emir Abdelkader Ahmed bin Salem Ali ben Zamoum	Thomas Robert Bugeaud Marie-Théodore Périgot Eugène Daumas Jean-François Gentil Madani bin Mahieddine

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Beni Mered 1842, same recorded site
1846 Battle of the Col des Beni Aïcha 1846, same recorded site
Battle of Ammal 1840, 11 km SW
1837 Expedition of the Col des Beni Aïcha 1837, 14 km W
1871 Battle of the Col des Beni Aïcha 1871, 14 km W

Elsewhere in 1844

Battle of Isly Morocco
Battle of Santiago (1844) Dominican Republic
Battle of Azua Dominican Republic
Battle of Fuente del Rodeo Dominican Republic
Battle of Porongos Brazil

Second Assault of Dellys is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 130 in present-day Algeria.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q28717509, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Second Assault of Dellys, revision 1379635461, 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.