Bombardment of Algiers (1683)

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, in some cases after decades of captivity, but the great majority of Christian captives in Algiers were not liberated.

For other battles in the same place, see Battle of Algiers.
Bombardment of Algiers, 1683
Part of French-Algerian War 1681-88

Augustin Burdet, Duquesne liberating the captives after the bombardment of Algiers in 1683, engraving after François-Auguste Biard.
DateJune–July 1683
Location
Algiers
Result
  • Peace treaty
  • French ambition stopped
Belligerents
Kingdom of France Regency of Algiers
Commanders and leaders
Abraham Duquesne Baba Hassan
Mezzo Morto
Units involved
17 ships of the line
3 frigates
16 galleys
7 bomb galiots
48 longboats
18 fluyts
8 tartans		 unknown
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