Battle of Bir el Gharama 1881

Battle of Bir el Gharama 1881

Year
2017
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25.00
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Battle of Bir el Gharama 1881

The French sent a discovery mission under the cover of scientific research led by Colonel Flatters with the aim of French penetration into southern Algeria.

The Tuareg leaders, Sheikh Amoud Ben El-Mokhtar and Sheikh Ahi Taghl fought the battle of Bir El Gharama against the French enemy in 1881 during which Colonel Flatters was killed.

And for a long time colonial expansion was stopped in southern Algeria.