Cap Bougaroûn T (

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...

: رأس بوقارون Ras Bougaroun "Cap the Horns" or "Horned Cap") or the Seven Caps (Arabic Seba Rous) is a cape in

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Skikda Province Skikda ( ar, ولاية سكيكدة) is a province (''wilaya'') of Algeria, on its eastern Mediterranean coastline. History The province was created from Constantine (department) in 1974. Administrative divisions The province is divided into 1 ...

. The Cape constitutes the western end of the Gulf of Skikda, opposite the :fr:Cap de Fer, and forms a peninsula which is the most important of the Algerian coast. It is the northernmost point of Algeria. In the first century, it was named ''Cape Treton'' (Greek Τρητόν "Chiseled") in the Geography of Strabo. It marked the limit between the

Masaesyli The Masaesyli were a Berber tribe of western Numidia (present day Algeria) and the main antagonists of the Massylii in eastern Numidia. During the Second Punic War the Masaesyli initially supported the Roman Republic and were led by Syphax ag ...

in the west and the

Massylii The Massylii or Maesulians were a Berber federation in eastern Numidia, which was formed by an amalgamation of smaller tribes during the 4th century BC.Nigel Bagnall, The Punic Wars, p. 270. They were ruled by a king. On their loosely defined wester ...

in the east. The November 6, 1943, the

Luftwaffe The ''Luftwaffe'' () was the aerial-warfare branch of the German ''Wehrmacht'' before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the ''Luftstreitkräfte'' of the Imperial Army and the '' Marine-Fliegerabtei ...

led an attack off Cape Bougaroun on the KMF-25A convoy composed of 26 transport ships escorted by 15 Allied warships, in which six ships were sunk and six German planes were shot down.

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