Battle of the Smala

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battle event in the French conquest of Algeria military engagement

The Battle of the Smala was an 1843 French cavalry raid in Algeria that captured the mobile encampment of Emir Abdelkader, dealing a major blow to Algerian resistance during the French conquest.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of the Smala canonical	1

Statements (26)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ event in the French conquest of Algeria ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
belligerent	France ⓘ followers of Emir Abdelkader ⓘ
captured	Smala of Abdelkader ⓘ surface form: Smala of Emir Abdelkader mobile encampment of Emir Abdelkader ⓘ
commander	Abd al-Qadir ⓘ surface form: Emir Abdelkader
conflict	French conquest of Algeria ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
date	1843 ⓘ
effect	major blow to Algerian resistance ⓘ weakening of Emir Abdelkader’s movement ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
involved	French cavalry ⓘ
location	Algeria ⓘ Smala of Abdelkader ⓘ
notableFor	capture of Emir Abdelkader’s camp ⓘ disruption of Algerian resistance infrastructure ⓘ
opponent	Algerian resistance ⓘ Abd al-Qadir ⓘ surface form: Emir Abdelkader
partOf	French conquest of Algeria ⓘ
region	North Africa ⓘ
result	French victory ⓘ
typeOfOperation	cavalry raid ⓘ
usedTactic	surprise attack ⓘ

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Instruction

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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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Input

Subject: Battle of the Smala
Description of subject: The Battle of the Smala was an 1843 French cavalry raid in Algeria that captured the mobile encampment of Emir Abdelkader, dealing a major blow to Algerian resistance during the French conquest.

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French conquest of Algeria → hasPart → Battle of the Smala ⓘ