5669252 Depiction of the Battle of Isly was fought on August 14, 1844 between France and Morocco, near the Isly River. 19th century (woodcut); (add.info.: French forces under Marshal Thomas Robert Bugeaud routed a much larger, but poorly organized, Moroccan force under Mohammed, son of Sultan Abderrahmane of Morocco. Bugeaud, attempting to complete the French conquest of Algeria, instigated the battle without a declaration of war in order to force negotiations concerning Moroccan support for the Algerian resistance leader Abd el Kader to conclude on terms favourable to the French.); Universal History Archive/UIG.