Kabyle fighters defended the position at Icheriden against a French assault during the 1857 campaign. The battle was intense and costly; the French military account gives the conquerors' perspective, while the event also marks a collective defence of Kabyle autonomy and land. After the battle, French forces pressed further into the region. The entry uses the date of the main assault and does not adopt celebratory language of “pacification.”
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Who defended Icheriden against the French assault in June 1857?
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The campaign source identifies Kabyle defenders at Icheriden during the French assault.
The battle of Icheriden took place during the French campaign against Kabylia in 1857.
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It was a major engagement in the campaign of conquest in Kabylia.