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Bombardment of Algiers, 1816
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The bombardment of Algiers in the night of 26-27 August 1816 by the combined Anglo-Dutch fleet, under the command of Lord Exmouth and Jonkheer van Capellen. On the left and right the burning ships of the pirates, in the middle the town situated on a hill. In the foreground several boats. On the right a coastal battery with a flag.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineBombardement van Algiers, 1816. 1816. Nicolaus Heideloff. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
