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The Siege of the Fort du Médine took place in 1857 at Médine near Kayes (on the Senegal River) in modern-day Mali, when the Toucouleur forces of El Hadj Umar Tall unsuccessfully besieged French colonial troops under General Louis Faidherbe, governor of Senegal.