Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Battle of El-Moungar was a battle fought, during the South-Oranese Campaign, between a contingent of the French Army of Africa, especially the French Foreign Legion, and Morrocan Tribesmen. In the early twentieth century, France faced numerous incidents, attacks and looting by uncontrolled armed groups, in the newly controlled areas in the south of Oran (Algeria). Under the command of General Lyautey, the French army's mission was to protect these areas newly occupied in the west of Algeria, near the poorly defined Moroccan boundaries