First Battle of Boudouaou
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The First Battle of Boudouaou in 25–26 May 1837, during the French conquest of Algeria, pitted the troupes coloniales under Colonel Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg against the troops of Kabylia of the I
Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg
River mouth of Oued Boudouaou
Lieutenant-General Charles-Marie Denys, comte de Damrémont was a French Army officer and colonial administrator. He was killed in combat during the siege of Constantine.
First Battle of Boudouaou
…by looting and sacking of this agricultural farm overlooking the Kabyle country, and this upheaval at the gates of Algiers forced Governor General Charles-Marie Denys de Damrémont and his lieutenant General Alexandre Charles Perrégaux to undertake a military expedition on 17 May 1837. on the Beni Aïcha and the Issers to counter…
Engraving of Damrémont
Damrémont's funeral (1837)
The Siege of Constantine (painting) by Horace Vernet (1838)