The Invasion of Algeria

The king and his ministry were facing a humiliating defeat. The invasion of algeria was, somehow, miraculously, still going according to plan. On july fifth, the french army successfully forced the day of algiers to surrender. And they entered algiers. They won. But though the victory was popular in the streets, the dread of its being tied to domestic tyranny never went away. At a public ceremony celebrating the victory,. the archbishop of paris said, may the enemies of our god and our king everywhere and always be so treated.