Chélak Massacre

Chélak Massacre
Part of First Pan-Septentrion War and The Struggle
Two marine bodies uncovered, 2015
Date 9-10 October 1937 (Four hours) Location Chélak-Bibré Road, Husseinarti Result Total Husseinarti victory
Belligerents
Husseinarti	Sieuxerr
Commanders and leaders
Jean Yves Jerome	Jean-Luc Mignard †
Units involved
9th Battalion 10th Battalion	22nd Colonial Marine Infantry Regiment
Strength
~2,000 militia 6 Hotchkiss machine guns 10 roadside bombs	~1,500 marines
Casualties and losses
~50 total	Entire force killed

The Chélak Massacre was an ambush and then massacre of an entire regiment of Sieuxerrian Colonial Marines. The marines were marching from Chélak to Bibré and were ambushed with a mixture of effective machine gun fire and roadside bombs. Later survivors were assaulted by waves of Husseinarti militia armed with machetes, all survivors of the attack were later killed. The massacre was described as a "disgusting war crime" by then-Emperor Napoléon V, with later Husseinartian President Théodore Boulet Sawadogo describing it as a "righteous showing of Husseinartian resolve".