Algerian forces

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Algerian forces were the local military and resistance groups that opposed the French invasion and subsequent colonization of Algeria in the 19th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military organization ⓘ
resistance movement ⓘ
activeIn 19th century ⓘ
composedOf cavalry units ⓘ
infantry units ⓘ
local militias ⓘ
religious brotherhood fighters ⓘ
tribal levies ⓘ
conflict French conquest of Algeria ⓘ
country Algeria ⓘ
goal expulsion of French forces ⓘ
preservation of Algerian autonomy ⓘ
hadLeader Ahmed Bey of Constantine ⓘ
Emir Abdelkader ⓘ
linked to: Abd al-Qadir

local tribal chiefs ⓘ
ideology defense of Islamic land ⓘ
resistance to foreign rule ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Berber languages ⓘ
legacy symbol of early Algerian resistance to colonialism ⓘ
operatedIn Algiers region ⓘ
linked to: Algiers Province

Constantine region ⓘ
Kabylie ⓘ
Oran region ⓘ
linked to: Oran Province

high plateaus of Algeria ⓘ
opponent French Army ⓘ
French colonial authorities ⓘ
opposed French colonization of Algeria ⓘ
French invasion of Algeria ⓘ
organizedAround religious networks ⓘ
tribal structures ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
status eventually defeated by French conquest ⓘ
supportedBy Sufi brotherhoods ⓘ
linked to: Sufi orders

rural Algerian population ⓘ
tactic ambushes ⓘ
hit-and-run attacks ⓘ
sieges of French positions ⓘ
timePeriod from 1830 ⓘ
through mid-19th century ⓘ
usedWarfareType conventional warfare ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ
usedWeapon artillery (limited) ⓘ
lances ⓘ
muskets ⓘ
swords ⓘ

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Battle of Staouéli → opponent → Ottoman-Algerian forces ⓘ
linked to: Algerian forces
Battle of Staouéli → primaryDefender → Algerian-Ottoman forces ⓘ
linked to: Algerian forces