Battle of Isly
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The Battle of Isly was fought on August 14, 1844, between France and Morocco, near the Isly River. French forces under Marshal Thomas Robert Bugeaud routed a much larger, but poorly organized, Morocca
Battle of Isly Horace Vernet, 1844–1846
Thomas Robert Bugeaud
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Thomas Robert Bugeaud, marquis de la Piconnerie, duc d'Isly was a Marshal of France and Governor-General of Algeria during the French colonization. Born an aristocrat, he has a complex legacy, serving
Battle of Isly
…The Battle of Isly (Arabic: معركة إيسلي) was fought on August 14, 1844, between France and Morocco, near the Isly River. French forces under Marshal Thomas Robert Bugeaud routed a much larger, but poorly organized, Moroccan force, mainly fighters from the tribes of Beni Snassen, but also from the Beni Angad and Beni…
Bugeaud by Charles-Philippe Larivière, 1843-1845
The Bugeaud Dulong duel, in the image the ghostly figure is a reference to King Louis-Phillipe who it was claimed stoked the tensions as a means to distance himself from the treatment of the Duchess of Berry
Bugeaud entering the Moroccan camp after Isly, oil painting by Horace Vernet