Qualla: Shipwreck of Dellys https://qualla.com/shipwreck-of-dellys en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:30 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/d/f/shipwreck-of-dellys-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Shipwreck of Dellys https://qualla.com/shipwreck-of-dellys Shipwreck of Dellys: Introduction https://qualla.com/shipwreck-of-dellys/ Photo credit Ridha tigoulmamine, CC BY-SA 4.0. Their powder was wet, the fog was impenetrable, and the shore they washed up on belonged to the enemy. On the night of 15 May 1830, two French brigs -- Le Sylene and L'Aventure -- ran aground off the coast of Dellys, about 36 nautical miles east of Cape Caxine. The crews, unable to refloat their vessels and unable to fire their waterlogged weapons, faced a choice no sailor wants: fight with nothing, or surrender to the unknown. They chose surrender. What followed was a seven-week odyssey of captivity, threatened execution, and improbable rescue that played out against the backdrop of France's invasion of Algeria.

Read more: Shipwreck of Dellys on Qualla

Image: Ridha tigoulmamine | CC BY-SA 4.0

]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/d/f/shipwreck-of-dellys-wp/sndf-shipwreck-of-dellys-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Shipwreck of Dellys: Two Ships in the Fog https://qualla.com/shipwreck-of-dellys/ Photo credit Nourerrahmane, CC BY-SA 4.0. Lieutenant Armand Joseph Bruat, commanding Le Sylene, had been returning from Port Mahon in Menorca carrying dispatches for the blockade forces preparing the invasion of Algiers. He encountered the brig L'Aventure, commanded by Captain Felix-Ariel d'Assigny, near Dellys, where th...

Read more: Shipwreck of Dellys on Qualla

Image: Nourerrahmane | CC BY-SA 4.0

]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/d/f/shipwreck-of-dellys-wp/sndf-shipwreck-of-dellys-two-ships-in-the-fog.mp3 0:06 2 full Shipwreck of Dellys: The Maltese Sailor's Bluff https://qualla.com/shipwreck-of-dellys/ Photo credit The original uploader was Vermondo at Italian Wikipedia., Public domain. Bruat and d'Assigny gathered their officers and presented two options: arm themselves with whatever was available and wait for rescue, or submit peacefully and hope to be taken as hostages rather than killed. With their gunpowder soaked and the darkness hiding them from the Frenc...

Read more: Shipwreck of Dellys on Qualla

Image: The original uploader was Vermondo at Italian Wikipedia. | Public domain

]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/d/f/shipwreck-of-dellys-wp/sndf-shipwreck-of-dellys-the-maltese-sailors-bluff.mp3 0:06 3 full Shipwreck of Dellys: Marched Past the Severed Heads https://qualla.com/shipwreck-of-dellys/ Photo credit Yelles, CC BY-SA 3.0. Lieutenant Bruat was dragged, nearly naked, before the governor of Dellys, who threatened violence to extract intelligence about the approaching French fleet. The governor then transferred the surviving captives to Algiers for Ibrahim Agha to decide their fate. The convoy of host...

Read more: Shipwreck of Dellys on Qualla

Image: Yelles | CC BY-SA 3.0

]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/d/f/shipwreck-of-dellys-wp/sndf-shipwreck-of-dellys-marched-past-the-severed-heads.mp3 0:06 4 full Shipwreck of Dellys: Liberation by Conquest https://qualla.com/shipwreck-of-dellys/ Photo credit Théodore Gudin, Public domain. For seven weeks the eighty survivors sat in the Casbah prison expecting each day to be their last. Hussein Dey initially sent them basic necessities, but his generosity cooled as the French fleet appeared in the bay and hostility sharpened further when troops landed at Sidi Fredj...

Read more: Shipwreck of Dellys on Qualla

Image: Théodore Gudin | Public domain

]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/d/f/shipwreck-of-dellys-wp/sndf-shipwreck-of-dellys-liberation-by-conquest.mp3 0:06 5 full