The Battle of the Col des Beni Aïcha or Battle of Thenia, which broke out on 19 April 1871, was a battle of the Mokrani Revolt between the Algerian rebels, and the France, which was the colonial power
Meraldene valley in Thenia
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Soumâa mountain.
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The Mokrani Revolt was the most important local uprising against France in Algeria since the conquest in 1830.
Battle of the Col des Beni Aïcha
…The Battle of the Col des Beni Aïcha or Battle of Thenia, which broke out on 19 April 1871, was a battle of the Mokrani Revolt between the Algerian rebels, and the France, which was the colonial power in the region since 1830. After the Algerian rebels took control of Palestro…
![Attack on Bordj Bou Arréridj by Cheikh Mokrani — Engraving by Léon Morel-Fatio, L'Illustration, 1871.]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/BorjBouArirrij-mokrani-revolte-1871.jpg/500px-BorjBouArirrij-mokrani-revolte-1871.jpg)
Attack on Bordj Bou Arréridj by Cheikh Mokrani — Engraving by Léon Morel-Fatio, L'Illustration, 1871.]
Bou Mezrag El Mokrani, circa 1874. From Gabriel Esquer's historic iconography of Algeria since the 17th century until 1871, Alger 1930, board CCCXLIX, view 933.
Sequestration order from the extraordinary commissioner of the République, concerning Cheikh Mokrani's goods. Administrative poster, 1871.
1/75th-scale model of Prince Jérôme alias La Loire, on display at the Swiss Museum of Transport.