[2][3] The French fleet consisted of 15 ships, including 3 ships of the line (Suffren, Jemmapes and Triton), 3 frigates (Belle Poule, Groenland and Asmodée), 4 brigs (Argus, Volage, Rubis and Cassard), 3 corvettes (Pluton, Cassendi and Vedette), 2 avisos (Phare and Pandour).

The French fleet arrived in the Bay of Mogador on August 11, 1844, but the weather was so bad that they had to wait, breaking their anchors and unable to communicate even between themselves.

[4] The French, numbering 500 men under the orders of Duquesne and Bouet, occupied Mogador island, which was barely populated and only built with a mosque, a prison and a few forts.

[2][3] All the batteries were taken and 400 Moroccans were captured in the Mosque of the island after heavy fighting, led by their commander Laarbi Torres.

[4] Chiadma and Haha populations from the countryside seized the opportunity to invade the city and loot it for 40 days.

I am occupied in placing a garrison on the island, and I have ordered the blockade of the port.On 17 August, the British Consul William Willshire was evacuated in exchange for the Moroccan prisoners that were wounded.

The British Consul and his family were immediately transferred to the ship Warspite, which had been accompanying the French fleet.

The war formally ended September 10, 1844 with the signing of the Treaty of Tangier, in which Morocco agreed to arrest and outlaw Abd al-Qadir, reduce the size of its garrison at Oujda, and establish a commission to demarcate the border.