| Siege of Medina Fort | |||||||
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| Part of the French colonial wars | |||||||
 Eugene Mage's view of the lifting of the siege of Fort Medina, from Voyage dans le Soudan occidental (1868) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 French EmpireKhasso | Toucouleur Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Paul Holle Louis Faidherbe | Omar Saidou Tall | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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1,000 soldiers (64 with modern firearm knowledge) 4 cannons Relief force: 800 soldiers and 2 gunboats | 15,000 soldiers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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31 killed 95 wounded[2] |
2,000 killed[3] many wounded | ||||||
The siege of Fort Medina took place in 1857 at Médine, on the left bank of the Senegal River in present-day Mali. The Toucouleur forces of Omar Saidou Tall unsuccessfully besieged native and French colonial troops commanded by Paul Holle. After 97 days of siege, a relief force under French Governor Louis Faidherbe lifted the siege and forced the Toucouleur army to retreat.
- ^ Robinson 1985, p. 210.
- ^ Robinson 1988, p. 203.
- ^ Robinson, David (1988). La Guerre sainte d'Al-Hajj Umar: le Soudan occidental au milieu du XIXe siècle, Volume 9 de Hommes et sociétés. KARTHALA Editions. p. 203. ISBN 9782865372119.