battle, notable, nineteenth century

Bombardment of Algiers

Name: Bombardment of Algiers
Location: Algiers, Algeria

Bombardment of Algiers was a battle fought in 1816 at Algiers, in what is now Algeria. The recorded result: Anglo-Dutch victory; Signing of a treaty between Algeria and Britain to release 3,000 European slaves.

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Fought1816

WhereAlgiers, Algeria36.776N, 3.060E

OutcomeAnglo-Dutch victory; Signing of a treaty between Algeria and Britain to release 3,000 European slaves

BelligerentsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; United Kingdom of the NetherlandsagainstDeylik of Algiers

Record

Date	1816 (year precision)
Place	Algiers, Algeria 36.776N, 3.060E
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	5 ships of the line; 10 frigates (5 Dutch); 1 corvette; 8 sloops; 4 bomb ketchs; 1 aviso (OOB)	17,000 soldiers (11,000 Zouaves and 6,000 janissaries), number of sailors unknown; Seaward-facing batteries of 224 cannon; 4 frigates; 5 corvettes; 40 gunboats (OOB)
Casualties and losses	Britain: 141 killed; 742 wounded; Netherlands: 13 killed; 52 wounded	500–5,000 total military and civilian casualties (including 300–2,000 killed); 4 frigates destroyed; 5 corvettes destroyed; 28 gunboats sunk; 12 gunboats beached
Commanders	Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth Theodorus Frederik van Capellen	Omar Agha Ali Khodja Hussein Dey

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Algiers 1956, same recorded site
Invasion of Algiers in 1830 1830, 0.1 km W
Siege of Algiers 1598, 0.1 km W
Action of 8 May 1918 1918, 0.1 km W
Siege of Algiers 1510, 0.1 km W

Contested ground: this site was fought over 9 times between 1510 and 1962.

Elsewhere in 1816

Bombardment of Algiers is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 155 in present-day Algeria.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q891806, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Bombardment of Algiers (1816), revision 1375095128, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.