Battle of Tachekkirt

{{Short description|Battle during the French conquest of Algeria}}

{{Infobox military conflict

| image = Chérif Boubaghla and Lalla Fatma n'Soumer, by Félix Philippoteaux.jpg

| image_size = 300px

| caption = Chérif Boubaghla and Lalla Fatma n'Soumer, by Félix Philippoteaux

| partof = French conquest of Algeria

| conflict = Battle of Tachekkirt

| date = 18 July 1854

| place = Kabylia

| result = Algerian victoryAkyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Jr, Professor Henry Louis Gates (2012-02-02). [https://books.google.com/books?id=39JMAgAAQBAJ&dq=battle+of+tachekkirt&pg=RA3-PA497 Dictionary of African Biography.] Oxford University Press. p. 23. {{ISBN|978-0-19-538207-5}}.

| combatant1 = {{flagicon|France}} France

| combatant2 = Algerian resistance

• Kabyle tribes
• Allied Arab warriors {{Citation needed|reason=it's not written in the source|date=October 2024}}

| commander1 = Jacques Louis Randon

| commander2 = Sherif Boubaghla{{KIA}}
Lalla Fatma N’Soumer

| strength1 = Unknown

| strength2 = Unknown

| casualties1 = 800 dead including 56 officers
371 injured

| casualties2 = Unknown

}}

{{Campaignbox French conquest of Algeria}}

The Battle of Tachekkirt was a battle between the French forces of Marshal Jacques Louis Randon and the allied Algerian forces of Lalla Fatma N'Soumer and Sherif Boubaghla.

The Algerian forces feared that the French would launch a surprise attack. Shortly after the appearance of Lalla Fatma N'Soumer and her reinforcements, composed of Kabyle warriors, they assumed strategic positions and lookouts were placed.p. 47. [https://books.google.com/books?id=vJMhAAAAMAAJ&q=Tachekirt Lla Fat'ma N'Soumeur]. Tahar Oussedik

Entreprise nationale du livre, 1986

The battle took place on 18 July, and the Algerian tribes were victorious over the French army led by Marshal Randon.[https://books.google.com/books?id=w8-CHCRbISkC&dq=battle+of+tachekkirt&pg=PT594 Perilous Glory: The Rise of Western Military Power] - By John France[https://books.google.com/books?id=bU8oDwAAQBAJ&dq=battle+of+tachekkirt&pg=PT74 War, Violence, Terrorism, and Our Present World: A Timeline of Modern Politics] - Hares Sayed

Xlibris Corporation The French casualties were 800 dead, included 56 officers, and 371 injured. Marshall Randon was almost captured during this battle but managed to escape. [https://books.google.com/books?id=bU8oDwAAQBAJ&dq=battle+of+tachekkirt&pg=PT74 Donne africane] By Alberto Arecchi

After the battle, Algerian commander Sherif Boubaghla was killed, most likely by the betrayal of his own allies, N'Soumer would take command of the remaining resistance.