battle, nineteenth century

Battle of Maison Carée

Name: Battle of Maison Carée
Location: Algiers, Algeria

Battle of Maison Carée was a battle fought in 1832 at Algiers, in what is now Algeria. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Algiers. The recorded result: French defeat.

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Fought1832

WhereAlgiers, Algeria36.776N, 3.059E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeFrench defeat

BelligerentsFrench Foreign Legion; Elements of the 1st and 3rd BattalionsagainstEl Ouiffa tribe

Record

Date	1832 (year precision)
Place	Algiers, Algeria 36.776N, 3.059E
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	27 legionnaires; 25 Chasseurs d'Afrique

Placed at Algiers; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Invasion of Algiers in 1830 1830, same recorded site
Siege of Algiers 1598, same recorded site
Action of 8 May 1918 1918, same recorded site
Siege of Algiers 1510, same recorded site
Bombardment of Algiers 1816, 0.1 km E

Elsewhere in 1832

Battle of Maison Carée is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 155 in present-day Algeria.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871640, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Maison Carrée, revision 1370268823, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.