First Battle of the Issers

First Battle of the Issers
	Part of the French conquest of Algeria
	; River mouth of Oued Issers
Date	27 May – 30 May 1837
Location	Issers, Kabylia, Algeria36°44′12″N 3°39′55″E / 36.7367021°N 3.665407°E
Result	French victory
Belligerents
Emirate of Mascara Islamic Zawiyas; Rahmaniyya;	French Empire
Commanders and leaders
Emir Abdelkader; Cheikh Ali Boushaki; Cheikh Ben Zamoum	Damrémont; Schauenburg; Perrégaux; La Torré; Lixières
Strength
Kabyles: 4.000 warriors; 500 riders;	Troupes coloniales: 5.000 infantrymen; 600 riders;

The First Battle of the Issers in May 1837, during the French conquest of Algeria, pitted the troupes coloniales under General Perrégaux and Colonel Schauenburg against the troops of Kabylia of the Igawawen.^[1]^[2]

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^ Algérienne, Société Historique (1875). "Revue africaine". Archived from the original on 2024-05-21. Retrieved 2021-04-23.