French conquest of Senegal

For the 1758 British expedition, see Capture of Senegal.

French conquest of Senegal

Fight of Lieutenant of spahis Chauvet and Damel Samba-Lawbe (etching after J. Chełmoński in Le Monde illustré magazine, 1886)
Location
Present-day Senegal
Result France conquers territory of present-day Senegal
Establishment of French Senegal
Belligerents

Kingdom of Waalo
Kingdom of Cayor
Kingdom of Jolof
Baol
Kingdom of Sine

Saloum		  France

The French conquest of Senegal started in 1659 with the establishment of Saint-Louis, Senegal, followed by the French capture of the island of Gorée from the Dutch in 1677, but would only become a full-scale campaign in the 19th century.

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