Second Assault of Dellys

Second Assault of Dellys (1844)
	Part of the French conquest of Algeria
	; Qubba of Sidi Soussan overlooking Dellys.
Date	25 April – 27 May 1844
Location	Dellys, Kabylia, Algeria36°54′57″N 3°54′53″E / 36.915789°N 3.9146904°E
Result	French victory
Belligerents
Emirate of Abdelkader; Kingdom of Kuku; Islamic Zawiyas; Rahmaniyya	Kingdom of France
Commanders and leaders
Emir Abdelkader; Ahmed bin Salem; Ali ben Zamoum	Bugeaud; Périgot; Daumas; Gentil; Mahieddine
Strength
Kabyles 10,000 resistants; ;	Troupes coloniales; French Navy 8,000 soldiers; ;
Casualties and losses
500 killed;	3 killed;

The Second Assault of Dellys was an assault by French troupes coloniales under General Thomas Robert Bugeaud (1784–1849) against the Algerian resistance fighters in the town of Dellys, Kabylia of the Igawawen.^[1] It was part of the French conquest of Algeria and took place in April–May 1844.