Battle of Bab El Bekkouche

35°44′57″N 1°32′52″E / 35.74917°N 1.54778°E / 35.74917; 1.54778 N 35°44′57″ E 1°32′52″Result FLN victoryBelligerents  France FLNCommanders and leaders Si Ameur MesbahStrength 8,000 soldiers
two aircraft^[1] unknownCasualties and losses 600 killed (including 33 officers),
two aircraft 360 killed^[2]
240 civilians, mostly elders, children and women, were killed^[3][4]

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Algerian War

1950s

• Toussaint Rouge
• Boukerker
• Véronique
• El Djorf I
• Philippeville
• Blue Bird
• Palestro
• Algiers
• Fellaoucene
• Oued Zeggar
• Sidi Semiane
• Agounennda
• Bouzegza
• El Menaouer
• Essien
• Timimoun
• Bab El Bekkouche
• Borders
• May 1958 crisis
• 1st Ouled Bouachra
• Ath Yahia Moussa
• Jumelles
• Plan Challe (1959-1961)

1960s

• Algiers putsch
• Paris
• Bab El Oued
• Oran
• Boutaleb
• Bouk’hil
• Nasinsa
• Ouled Rashache
• Flawcen
• 2nd Ouled Bouachra
• Kef Lakhdar
• Ouled Sinan
• Guergour
• Kef Afoul

The Battle of Bab El Bekkouche during the Algerian War took place on 28 May 1958 in the region of Ouarsenis.

The French army had mobilized nearly 8,000 soldiers. Faced with this situation, the "katiba El karimia" of the Wilaya IV, commanded by Si Ameur Mesbah, had developed a plan to loosen the vise by targeting several military post colonies in Bordj Bounaama, Sidi Abed, Lardjem and Tamalaht, to disperse the French troops.

The French colonial army suffered heavy losses in this battle (600 deaths, including 33 officers and two aircraft destroyed).^[5] In the ranks of the National Liberation Army (NLA), 360 were killed. 240 civilians were also killed.^[6]

See also

• French Algeria

References