Qualla: Siege of Constantine https://qualla.com/siege-of-constantine 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/k/w/siege-of-constantine-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Siege of Constantine https://qualla.com/siege-of-constantine Siege of Constantine: Introduction https://qualla.com/siege-of-constantine/ Photo credit Romainbehar, CC0. The decision to attack Constantine in October 1837 was made in Paris, and it was made for reasons that had little to do with Algeria. King Louis Philippe I needed a military victory before upcoming elections. His predecessor Charles X had used the 1830 invasion of Algiers the same way. The pattern was grimly efficient: send an army to North Africa, win a battle, harvest the votes. The fact that the previous expedition against Constantine, led by Bertrand Clausel in 1836, had ended in humiliating failure only made the prize more valuable. France needed revenge, and Constantine would provide it.

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/k/w/siege-of-constantine-wp/snkw-siege-of-constantine-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Siege of Constantine: Princes in Competition https://qualla.com/siege-of-constantine/ Photo credit «ВЭС». (СПб; 1913 год)., Public domain. The preparations were complicated by a family rivalry that would have been comic if the stakes had not been so high. Louis Philippe's two eldest sons, Prince Ferdinand Philippe and Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours, both insisted on participating. The elder prince considered it his b...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/k/w/siege-of-constantine-wp/snkw-siege-of-constantine-the-fall-of-ahmed-bey.mp3 0:06 4 full Siege of Constantine: Empire as Electoral Strategy https://qualla.com/siege-of-constantine/ Photo credit Horace Vernet, Public domain. The siege of Constantine illustrates a pattern that would repeat itself throughout European colonial history: military campaigns launched not because of conditions in the colony but because of political needs in the metropole. Louis Philippe dissolved the Chamber of Deputies shor...

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