The Battle of Macta (Arabic: معركة المقطع) was fought on 28 June 1835 between French colonial forces led by General Camille Alphonse Trézel and the forces of Emir ʿAbd al-Qādir, leader of the Emirate of Mascara. It was a major defeat for the French in the early years of the conquest of Algeria, and it marked the first large-scale military success of ʿAbd al-Qādir’s resistance.
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