Bombardment of Algiers (1688)
The bombardment of Algiers in 1688 was a military expedition ordered by Louis XIV against the Regency of Algiers in order to enforce the peace treaty of 1683 which had been violated by Algerian pirates. The squadron, comprising 31 ships and 10 bomb galiots, was commanded by Jean II d'Estrées.[1][2][3]
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31 warships 10 bomb galiots | unknown | ||||||||
D'Estrées' squadron arrived at Algiers on 26 June. It succeeded in inflicting serious damage on the city, but its artillery defences had been strengthened since the previous French expeditions in 1682 and 1683.[4] As a result the French fleet lost several ships and was obliged to retire after 16 days. The power of the Dey of Algiers, Mezzo Morto Hüseyin Pasha was destabilised by the French assault, and in the end he fled the city in the face of public discontent. His successor Hadj Chabane appointed an ambassador to Versailles, Mohamed el Amin, to negotiate a lasting peace, which was concluded in 1690.[5]
References
- Kaddache, Mahfoud (1982). L'Algérie des Algériens. Algiers: Société nationale d'édition et de diffusion. p. 417. ISBN 978-9-961-96621-1.
- Geoffrey Symcox (6 December 2012). The Crisis of French Sea Power, 1688–1697: From the Guerre d’Escadre to the Guerre de Course. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 74. ISBN 978-94-010-2072-5.
- Mouloud Gaïd (1975). L'Algérie sous les Turcs. Maison tunisienne de l'édition. p. 148. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- (Gaïd 1975, p. 75)
- Jörg Manfred Mössner (10 October 2013). Die Völkerrechtspersönlichkeit und die Völkerrechtspraxis der Barbareskenstaaten: (Algier, Tripolis, Tunis 1518-1830). De Gruyter. p. 15. ISBN 978-3-11-169567-9.