What the records say
- When
- 1 Jan 1860
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 35.85° N, 5.39° W
- Description
- 1860 battle
Battle of Castillejos
1860 Hispano-Moroccan War battle
The Battle of Castillejos was fought on New Year's Day, 1860, between the Spanish Army of Africa under Leopoldo O'Donnell and the Moroccan Army under Mawlay Abbas in Fnideq (Castillejos) as the Spanish army attempted to capture the cities of Tétouan and Tangier. The Spanish were victorious.
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