Oued Zeggar ambush
| Oued Zeggar ambush | |||||||
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| Part of Algerian War | |||||||
Monument in Aïn Kechra | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| ALN | France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Bouali Messaoud | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 300 or 600 men |
100+ men 7 Tanks 17 Military Trucks | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None or 3 |
100 or 90 dead 1 or 12 captured | ||||||
The Oued Zeggar ambush, or the battle of Aïn Kechra, was a military operation by the National Liberation Army (ALN) to ambush a French military convoy near Aïn Kechra, Skikda Province, Algeria in 1957.