Claim: The unexpected attack by the Moroccans to Amgala caused much anger, as well as heavy damage, and 99 Algerian soldiers were captured; but an all-out war between the two countries was avoided because of the decisive action of President Houari Boumediene of Algeria.
Evidence: A Moroccan spokesman said only two of the attackers died and fourteen were wounded, while about 200 Algerians were killed and 109 captured. 
Ten years later, with a thawing of relations between Algeria and Morocco, on 25 May 1987 one hundred and fifty Moroccan prisoners of war were exchanged for 102 Algerian soldiers captured during the Battle of Amgala in 1976.