Qualla: Battle of Mazagran https://qualla.com/battle-of-mazagran en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:30 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Mazagran https://qualla.com/battle-of-mazagran Battle of Mazagran: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-mazagran/ There is a street in Paris called Rue Mazagran. There was once a replica fort on the Champs-Elysees. Medals were struck, merchandise produced, careers made. All for a skirmish in Algeria that may or may not have happened the way the newspapers said. The Battle of Mazagran is one of those events where the propaganda became more historically significant than the fighting itself, a case study in how empires manufacture heroism to justify conquest.

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/2/h/battle-of-mazagran-wp/sn2h-battle-of-mazagran-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Mazagran: 123 Men and a Barrel of Gunpowder https://qualla.com/battle-of-mazagran/ In February 1840, Captain Lelievre and 122 soldiers from the 10th Company of the Battalion of Africa -- a French penal military unit -- occupied a small fort in the town of Mazagran, near the port city of Mostaganem. Their supplies were modest: a single four-pound gun, one barrel...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/2/h/battle-of-mazagran-wp/sn2h-battle-of-mazagran-123-men-and-a-barrel-of-gunpowder.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Mazagran: The Siege https://qualla.com/battle-of-mazagran/ Algerian resistance forces under Ben Khami, one of Abd al-Qadir's lieutenants, surrounded the fort with a force the French initially claimed numbered ten to twenty thousand -- though later analysis suggested the actual strength was between five and six hundred. Khami's troops, pr...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/2/h/battle-of-mazagran-wp/sn2h-battle-of-mazagran-the-siege.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Mazagran: Manufacturing a Legend https://qualla.com/battle-of-mazagran/ Paris went wild. Newspapers devoted columns to the siege. A replica of the Mazagran fort was built on the Champs-Elysees, and commemorative merchandise flooded the market. Lelievre and six of his soldiers received the Legion d'honneur. The French government issued a special medal...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/2/h/battle-of-mazagran-wp/sn2h-battle-of-mazagran-manufacturing-a-legend.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Mazagran: The Uncomfortable Questions https://qualla.com/battle-of-mazagran/ In 1842, the London Morning Chronicle -- irritated by French mockery of Britain's disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan -- published an accusation that the entire affair was a hoax and challenged the French government to prove otherwise. Paris did not respond. A British military...

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