French forces in Algeria capture Laghouat on…

December 1852 CE

French forces in Algeria capture Laghouat on December 4, 1852.

The brutal treatment of the inhabitants of the city is part of the scorched earth tactics of the French army.

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Laghouat Laghouat Algeria View →

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Arab people View → Berber people (also called Amazigh people or Imazighen, "free men", singular Amazigh) View → Jews View → Kabyle people View → Islam View → Christians, Roman Catholic View → Turkish people View → Algeria, French Colony of View →

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Pacification of Algeria View →

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