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The attack of Mogador
by the French fleet in August 1844, Serkis Diranian.
Serkis Diranian (1854-1918) was an Armenian orientalist
painter.
Originally from the Ottoman Empire, he was established
for many years in Paris.
The bombing of Mogador was a naval attack launched between 15 and 16 August 1844 by the Kingdom of France against the Moroccan city of Mogador (present-day Essaouira), as part of the Franco-Moroccan war between the two countries following the the support of Sultan Moulay Abderrahmane to Emir Abdelkader.
After first exchanges of artillery fire against the fortifications of the city that turn to the advantage of the French, the French expeditionary force lands on the islet of Mogador and seizes after a fierce Moroccan resistance. The French then seize the port without encountering resistance, while in the meantime, Masmouda tribes in the region took the opportunity to attack the city and loot.
VIDEO
IL ETAIT UNE FOIS MOGADOR
Episode 1 Le bombardement de Mogador
Article ecrit par Abdelkader Mana
https://www.facebook.com/894044364079210/videos/995632083920437/
/Badly copied black and white movie with boring speaker voice. Time: 9:35/
The French General
Lyautey leaves Mogador 1913
Maréchal Lyauthey
ordered 1912 to build the clocktower (Magana) in the new
Kasbah.
Sidi Lyautey - an icon
. Resident-General Lyautey
a fervent proponent of indirect colonisation especially in Berber
speaking areas, has kept that role and even enhanced it by given
an important role to local notabilities such as T'hami El
Glaoui, to act as a relay between the population and the
French authorities to govern the country.The Makhzen is
a very ancient notion in Morocco, it roughly coincides with the
notion of the ancien feudalist state predating The French protectorate.
External links (en français)
Dafina.net
Maroc
: Sidi Lyautey, un siècle après
Maréchal Juin
Resident General in Morocco (1947 - 1951) visited Mogador the 4th
of May 1951
and inaugurated the biggest hotel in the town: Hotel
des Iles.
13 Mar 1919 - 18 Feb 1956 Civil Ensign
| French Military governor
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| 4 Aug 1907 - 28 Apr 1912 |
Louis Hubert Lyautey |
(b. 1854 - d. 1934) |
| French Residents-general |
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| 28 Apr 1912 - 25 Aug 1925 |
Louis Hubert Lyautey (s.a.)
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| 12 Dec 1916 - 7 Apr 1917 |
Henri Gouraud
(acting for Lyautey) |
(b. 1879 - d. 1949) |
4 Oct 1925 - 1 Jan 1929 |
Théodore Steeg |
(b. 1868 - d. 1950) |
| 2 Jan 1929 - 14 Sep 1933 |
Lucien Saint |
(b. 1867 - d. 1938) |
| 14 Sep 1933 - 22 Mar 1936 |
Auguste Henri Ponsot |
(b. 1877 - d. 1963) |
| 22 Mar 1936 - 16 Sep 1936 |
Marcel Peyrouton |
(b. 1887 - d. 1983) |
16 Sep 1936 - 21 Jun 1943 |
Hippolyte Noguès |
(b. 1876 - d. 1971) |
| 21 Jun 1943 - 4 Mar 1946 |
Gabriel Puaux |
(b. 1883 - d. 1970) |
| 4 Mar 1946 - 14 May 1947 |
Eirik Labonne |
(b. 1888 - d. 1971) |
14 May 1947 - 28 Aug 1951 |
Alphonse Pierre Juin |
(b. 1888 - d. 1967) |
| 28 Aug 1951 - 20 May 1954 |
Augustin Léon Guillaume |
(b. 1895 - d. 1983) |
| 20 May 1954 - 20 Jun 1955 |
Francis Lacoste |
(b. 1905 - d. 1993) |
| 20 Jun 1955 - 31 Aug 1955 |
Gilbert Yves Édmond Grandval |
(b. 1904 - d. 1981) |
31 Aug 1955 - 11 Nov 1955 |
Pierre Boyer de Latour |
(b. 1896 - d. 1976) |
11 Nov 1955 - 2 Mar 1956 |
André Louis Dubois |
(b. 1903 - d. 1998) |
Source:
http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Morocco.htm
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Moroccan soldiers fight for France
(Les anciens combattants)
More than 100,000 African soldiers died
in battlefield or by disease (36,000 North Africans and 30,000
black Africans). In July 1916, the terrible "Battle of
the Somme," the summer of 1918 at Chateau-Thierry, in the
woods Courtons (10th Colonial DI), on the Montagne de Reims
(1st Colonial Corps ) and during the offensive Mangin (RICM)
http://www.bladi.net/anciens-combattants-marocain.html
EDIT
Under the protectorate, French civil servants allied themselves with the French settlers (colons) and with their supporters in France to prevent any moves in the direction of Moroccan autonomy. As pacification proceeded, the French government promoted economic development, particularly the exploitation of Morocco's mineral wealth, the creation of a modern transportation system, and the development of a modern agriculture sector geared to the French market. Tens of thousands of colons entered Morocco and bought up large amounts of the rich agricultural land. Interest groups that formed among these elements continually pressured France to increase its control over Morocco.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Morocco#Independence_in_1956
Ferdinand SANDILLON
In 1896, Ferdinand SANDILLON
built the first mill in Essaouira.
The mill is now replaced by a
riad in Street Oujda
just on the medina walls by the Bab al Bahr
facing the sea.
Low tide in picture above
Jean Carel
The famous tannery Jean Carel,
today abandoned was the first unit created in 1929 in the industrial
area (quartier industriel) of Essaouira. Mogador-Essaouira was one
of the leading suppliers in the kingdom of skins in the mid-twentieth
century. The tannery Carel was the largest in Africa. It was sold
by the family Carel in the early 80 to Moulay Massaoud,
associated with Moulay Abdallah, the brother of King Hassan
II. The tannery survived until 1992, when it closed its doors after
a the workers' struggle and unsuccesful strike.
Bouveret clinic
Dr Charles
Louis Gustave Bouveret - who lived and worked as doctor
in Mogador from 1913 until his death 1948.
L'histoire
du protectorat français au Maroc
Mars 1912 : le Maroc devient protectorat français
Bombardment of Mogador (Wikiwand)
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