HISTORY OF ALGERIA

The Resistance of Ahmed Bey, Governor of Constantine (East of Algeria ) 1830-1848

The Beylek (Governorate) of Constantine (Capital-City of the Governorate of the East of Algeria) was, indeed, the center of a resistance, that lasted more than seven years, that could not be presaged by the Colonizer given the rapidity with which Algiers had been taken while the Dey (the Central Governor of Algiers) capitulated. By August 1830, the French expeditionary corps had been forced back from the Port of Annaba (Bone).

Bejaia (East of Algeria), passed under the control of the tribe of Mézzaïa after the fall of the Dey of Algiers, knows several incidents with French and English ships. In 1831, two French expeditions were defeated. A new expedition ended in 1833 with the capture of the city, after an intense resistance of its inhabitants. However, the French do not manage to conquer the surroundings.

Bejaia (East of Algeria), passed under the control of the tribe of Mézzaïa after the fall of the Dey of Algiers, knows several incidents with French and English ships. In 1831, two French expeditions were defeated. A new expedition ended in 1833 with the capture of the city, after an intense resistance of its inhabitants. However, the French do not manage to conquer the surroundings.

The attack against Constantine took place in 1836, sold by a real failure of the French troops led by the General Bertrand Clauzel and cost the life to the General Charles-Marie Denys of Damrémont. The city of Constantine fell into the hands of the French expeditionary corps, which suffered heavy losses, that October 13, 1837. The Bey Ahmed who fell back in the region of Aures-Mountains (East of Algeria) has still continues the fight against the French colonizer until May 1848 by relying on the local population.