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Thomas-Robert Bugeaud

1784–1849 · 19th century

Thomas-Robert Bugeaud (1784–1849) was a French marshal who, as governor-general of Algeria from 1840 to 1847, led the conquest of the country against Abd al-Qadir. He used mobile columns and a scorched-earth policy of raids, defeated the Moroccan army at Isly in 1844 and encouraged European settlement. He died of cholera in Paris in 1849.

Thomas-Robert Bugeaud
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French AlgeriaEmirate of Abdelkader

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