Qualla: Battle of Staoueli https://qualla.com/battle-of-staoueli 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 Staoueli https://qualla.com/battle-of-staoueli Battle of Staoueli: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-staoueli/ The French soldiers had not eaten meat in a month. Since departing Toulon in May 1830, the 37,000-man expeditionary force had subsisted on ship's rations as it crossed the Mediterranean to seize Algiers from the Ottoman-backed Regency. So when the Algerian army broke and fled from the plateau of Staoueli on June 19, leaving behind an entire camp full of livestock, weapons, food, and treasure, the victors' first order of business was dinner -- mutton from captured flocks, distributed to troops who had forgotten what fresh meat tasted like.

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/d/1/battle-of-staoueli-wp/snd1-battle-of-staoueli-a-rout-in-eight-hours.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Staoueli: The Spoils and the Hesitation https://qualla.com/battle-of-staoueli/ The captured camp yielded vast quantities of weapons, food, livestock, and personal wealth abandoned in the hasty retreat. Yet despite this crushing victory, Bourmont refused to advance on Algiers until every last soldier and artillery piece had been brought ashore from the trans...

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