Bombardment of Algiers (1683)
| Bombardment of Algiers, 1683 | |||||||
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| Part of French-Algerian War 1681-88 | |||||||
Augustin Burdet, Duquesne liberating the captives after the bombardment of Algiers in 1683, engraving after François-Auguste Biard. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| France | Regency of Algiers | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Abraham Duquesne |
Baba Hassan Mezzo Morto | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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17 ships of the line 3 frigates 16 galleys 7 bomb galiots 48 longboats 18 fluyts 8 tartans | Unknown | ||||||
The bombardment of Algiers in 1683 was a French naval operation against the Regency of Algiers during the French-Algerian War 1681–88. It led to the rescue of more than 100 French prisoners, in some cases after decades of captivity, but the great majority of Christian captives in Algiers were not liberated.