The Anglo-Dutch campagne against the province of Algeria 1816, through the documents of the Algerian National Archives Center and the documents of the Algerian National Library.

Abstract

Algeria, along with Tunisia and Tripoli in the west, was the tip of the Islamic-Ottoman power as a sharp blade pushed deep into Christian soil in order to confront and fight the Christians, repel the Crusades on the North African coasts, protect Muslims from the Spanish and their harassment, and take revenge on them for what they did to the Muslims of Andalusia after the fall of Granada in 1492 A.D. The European countries gathered at the Vienna Conference in 1815 AD, and allied themselves in order to force Algeria to stop its exposure to its ships. The British and the Dutch navies attacked the Algerian fleet in 1816 AD, and this campaign was one of the largest and most ferocious historical campaigns on a city. So, was the campaign against Algeria a collective decision taken by the states of Europe meeting at the Congress of Vienna 1814-1815, or was it specific to England? And what was the position of the Othmane Sate on that campaign?

Keywords: Lord Exmouth- Piracy - Naval Jihad - Ayala Algeria - Naval Fleet