Constantine (Algeria)--History--Siege, 1837

found: Work cat: Fourquet-d'Hachette, Jean Pierre. Guerres d'Afrique : Constantine, expéditions françaises, (1836-1837), 1852:title page (the siege and the fall of that city) pages 5-7 (five years had passed since the taking of Algiers [1830]; the siege of Constantine; French troops were in front of Constantine on October 6, 1837, a year after a previous expedition; Constantine was taken on October 14, 1837) page 12 (Siége et prise de Constantine [Siege and taking of Constantine] (1837))

found: Lepage, Jean-Denis G. G. The French Foreign Legion, 2008, viewed online Feb. 20, 2020:page 21 (by 1837 the tribesmen of the region of Constantine posed a grave threat to the French army; an expedition had been launched in November 1836, demonstrating France's intention to penetrate farther into the Algerian hinterland; failed; in October 1837 another expeditionary force advanced from Bône and began the siege of Constantine; bombardment started on October 9; the walls were breached and assaulted on the morning of October 13; by nightfall the French were in possession of the town; the capture of Constantine was viewed as a great victory for both the French colonial army and the Legion)

found: Pagès, Auguste. Les deux siéges de Constantine, 1854:title page (the two sieges of Constantine) page 3 (Expédition de Constantine; première siège (Expedition of Constantine; first siege), 1836) page 50 (1st expedition of Constantine) page 53 (Expédition de Constantine; deuxième siège (Expedition of Constantine; second siege), 1837) pages 56, 62 (reference to the first expedition of Constantine) (OCoLC)82851725