French colonial wars

French colonial conquests
La prise de Constantine by Horace Vernet
Date 1827–1830–1857 Location Regency of Algiers, present-day Algeria Result French victory Pacification of Algeria
Belligerents
Kingdom of France	Ottoman Empire Regency of Algiers Emirate of Abdelkader Sultanate of Morocco Kingdom of Ait Abbas Kel Ahaggar
Commanders and leaders
Count de Ghaisnes de Bourmont Bertrand Clausel Baron Berthezène Duke of Rovigo Baron Voirol Comte d'Erlon Comte de Damrémont † Sylvain Charles Valée Brock-Curtis Robert Carik
Strength
Invasion force : 34,000 troops 83 guns 100 warships, including 11 ships-of-the-line 572 hired merchantmen Ultimately: 160,000 troops	Unknown
Casualties and losses
92,329 soldiers dead in the hospital and 3,336 killed in battle (1830-51) In all, French estimates showed that between 1830 and 1851, 3,336 men were killed in battle, and 92,329 died in hospital.	Unknown
Algerian deaths: estimated as high as 825,000

The French Colonial Wars were a series of conflicts involving France and its conquered colonies and other surrounding nations

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