Médéa expedition (1830)

Atlas expedition of 1830
	Part of the French conquest of Algeria
Date	17 November–December 1830
Location	Blida and Médéa, Algeria
Result	French victory at Medea Collapse of the Beylik of Titteri; Algerian victory at Blida French forced to retreat after Ben Zamoum counter-attacks;
Belligerents
Kingdom of France	Beylik of Titteri; Ben Zaamoun resistance
Commanders and leaders
Bertrand Clausel; François Boyer	Boumezrag Bey ; Ben Zaamoum
Strength
8,000 soldiers	Boumezrag's forces:; 6,000 men; Ben Zaamoum's forces:; Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown 127 killed in Ben Zaamoum's counter-attack;	Unknown

The first Médéa expedition, also known as the Atlas expedition of 1830 was a military expedition conducted by the Kingdom of France against the remnants of the Deylik of Algiers, the Beylik of Titteri and the local resistance led by Mohamed ben Zaamoum. It began on 17 November 1830 and ended eight in early December.

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