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Bombardment of Algiers (1683)
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For other battles in the same place, see Battle of Algiers.
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,[2] in some cases after decades of captivity, but the great majority of Christian captives in Algiers were not liberated.
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![]() Augustin Burdet, Duquesne liberating the captives after the bombardment of Algiers in 1683, engraving after François-Auguste Biard. | |||||||
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17 ships of the line 3 frigates 16 galleys 7 bomb galiots 48 longboats 18 fluyts 8 tartans | unknown |
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