Bombardment of Algiers (1683)

For other battles in the same place, see Battle of Algiers.
Bombardment of Algiers, 1683
Part of Franco–Algerian war (1681–1688)

Augustin Burdet, Duquesne liberating the captives after the bombardment of Algiers in 1683, engraving after François-Auguste Biard.
DateJune–July 1683
Location
Algiers
Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
 France Regency of Algiers
Commanders and leaders
Abraham Duquesne Baba Hassan
Mezzo Morto
Units involved
17 ships of the line
3 frigates
16 galleys
7 bomb galiots
48 longboats
18 fluyts
8 tartanes		 Unknown

The bombardment of Algiers in 1683 was a French naval operation against the Regency of Algiers during the Franco–Algerian war (1681–1688). It led to the rescue of more than 100 French prisoners, in some cases after decades of captivity, but the great majority of Christian captives in Algiers were not liberated.

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