The Library of Congress > Linked Data Service > LC Subject Headings (LCSH)

Constantine (Algeria)--History--Siege, 1836


  • URI(s)

  • Components

  • Codes

    • f-ae---

  • Variants

    • Expedition of Constantine, 1836

  • Broader Terms

  • Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

  • Sources

    • found: Work cat: 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) pages 10-11 (Marshall Clausel issued a proclamation to the inhabitants of Constantine on 4 November 1836) pages 20-25 (engagement began on November 20th, in terrible weather) pages 27-28 (the French troops' food convoy was taken by the enemy, leaving them with almost no food for the 9-day march back to Bone) pages 33 (given the strength of Constantine's resistance, the troops under Clausel were obliged to retreat) pages 50-51 (the French army arrived back in Bone on December 1st; 1st expedition of Constantine) (OCoLC)82851725
    • 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)
    • 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: Mercier, Ernest. Les deux sièges de Constantine (1836-1837), 1896, viewed online April 21, 2022:title page (the two sieges of Constantine (1836-1837)) - http://www.constantine-hier-aujourdhui.fr/LaVille

  • History Notes

    • [Established September 2022.]

  • Instance Of

  • Scheme Membership(s)

  • Collection Membership(s)

  • Change Notes

    • 2022-04-21: new
    • 2022-09-07: revised

  • Alternate Formats