France responds by invading Tunisia on April…

May 1881 CE

France responds by invading Tunisia on April 28, 1881, with twenty-eight thousand men under General Forgemol de Bostquénard.

The city of Bizerte surrenders on May 1 to the eight thousand men of Jules Aimé Bréart, who then continues to Tunis.

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Binzert (Bizerte) Binzert Tunisia View →

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Charles de Freycinet View →

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Ottoman Empire View → Tunis, Beylik of View → Russian Empire View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → Egypt, Khedivate of View → France (French republic); the Third Republic View → German Empire (“Second Reich”) View → Italy, Kingdom of View → Cyprus, Ottoman viyalet of View → Tunis, French protectorate of View →

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Scramble for Africa View → Tunisia, French conquest of View →

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Group: Fante (Fanti), southern Akan state of
People: Phraates IV of Parthia
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