"Miniature Watercolor Battle Of Sidi Brahim / Tlemcen September 1845 Gaspard Gobaud XIXth "
BATTLE OF TLEMCEN / SIDI BRAHIM, FAMOUS BATTLE FIGHTED BY THE HUNTERS ON 23-24-25-26 SEPTEMBER 1845 BETWEEN OUJDA AND GAZAOUET (HEMOURS) AGAINST THE TROOPS OF ABDEL KADER SIGNED BOTTOM LEFT GASPARD GOBAUD 1814 / 1882 WATERCOLORIST AT THE MINISTRY OF WAR. THE 82 FRENCH SURVIVORS OF THE ASSAULT WITHDRAW TO A MARABOUT WHERE THEY HEROICALLY RESISTED THE ENEMY FOR TWO DAYS. OUT OF AMMUNITION AND FOOD, THEY CHARGED WITH BAYONET AND 16 OF THEM MANAGED TO BREAK THROUGH ABDEL KADER'S DEFENSES ON THE THIRD DAY, OF THIS BATTLE ONLY 11 HUNTERS SURVIVED!!!! ORIGINAL AND PERIOD WATERCOLOR, THESE TWO WATERCOLORS WERE TOGETHER. SHIPPED BY REGISTERED COLISSIMO 
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