Attack on Tichla (1979)

Attack on Tichla
Part of Western Sahara War
Date 12 July 1979 Location Tichla, Western Sahara Result Polisario Front victory Territorial changes Polisario Front forces capture Tichla after the attack
Belligerents
Polisario	Mauritania
Commanders and leaders
Mohamed Abdelaziz	Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	90 to 150 73 prisoners

The Attack on Tichla took place on July 12, 1979, in the town of Tichla, in Western Sahara. It marked the final engagement between Mauritania and Polisario before the peace treaty in Algiers and Mauritania's withdrawal from the Western Sahara War.