Beginning of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Algiers_in_1830" id="mwlA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Invasion of Algiers in 1830">Invasion of Algiers</a>: Thirty-four thousand French soldiers land 27 kilometers west of Algiers, at Sidi Ferruch.