Mazagran (Algeria)

Mazagran is a city of the West of the Algérie near to Mostaganem.

Mazagran (also spelled Mazaghran ) was the in February 1840 place of a famous combat which opposed 123 hunter S under the orders of the Capitaine Lelièvre, to several thousands of Algerian soldiers who tried without success to invest a fears summary. A column was high on this place which commemorates this combat which was, at the time, popularized by the French press.

It is said that the French soldiers had given each other heat and courage by drinking coffee added with brandy. One named then Mazagran a type of container adapted to this drink, it is a high cup with foot and without handle manufactured at the origin with the manufacture of Bourges. The majority of “rabbits” of the Capitaine Lelièvre were berrichons (the “rabbit” is the nickname in military slang of the hunter).

Mazagran also gave to its name to a locality of the the Ardennes (French department: 08) become an important crossroads enters the roads of Rheims, Vouziers, Châlons-in-Champagne, Rethel and Charleville-Mézières. The current roundabout of Mazagran marks the natural border between champagne chalky of the Ardennes with the vast agricultural plains and the forest and tourist of the Ardennes argonne.

In fact of city, it would be rather about a village (at least before independence).

The property of the Hermitage, which belonged to Maître Henry Giroud, famous lawyer with Mostaganem (+ 1940) was the place of “residence” (internment) of the Giraud General, who was besides there the object of at least an attempt at attack. CH. de Gaulle returned visit to the Giraud General in this property.

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