What the records say
- When
- 26 Sep 1555 – 8 Oct 1555
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 36.75° N, 5.06° E
- Description
- 1555 siege
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Capture of Béjaïa (1555)
1555 siege of the city of Béjaïa (in present-day Algeria)
The Capture of Béjaïa or Capture of Bougie occurred in 1555 when Salah Rais, the Ottoman ruler of Algiers, took the city of Béjaïa from the Spaniards. The main fortification in Béjaïa was the Spanish presidio, occupied by about 100 men under first under Luis Peralta, and then his son Alonso Peralta.
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