Place/Date of activity

he returned to Algeria on September 7, 1842 with the rank of maréchal de camp (brigadier general) and distinguished himself when he captured Abd El-Kader's smala (May 16, 1843), the emir's mobile capital at Taguin.

Place/Date of activity

he returned to Algeria on September 7, 1842 with the rank of maréchal de camp (brigadier general) and distinguished himself when he captured Abd El-Kader's smala (May 16, 1843), the emir's mobile capital at Taguin.