Siege of Melilla

When

9 Dec 1774 – 19 Mar 1775

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

35.30° N, 2.95° W

Description

1774–1775 siege

Conflict between Spain and Morocco

The siege of Melilla was an attempt by the Sultanate of Morocco, supported by Algerian mercenaries, to capture the Spanish fortress of Melilla on the Moroccan Mediterranean coast. Mohammed ben Abdallah, then Sultan of Morocco, invaded Melilla in December 1774 with a large army of Royal Moroccan soldiers and Algerian mercenaries.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article

• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The two month long Siege of Melilla begins as armies led by the Sultan of Morocco, Mohammed ben Abdallah”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Melilla, Juan Sherlock derrota a las tropas de Ben Abdallah”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “بدء حصار مليلية والذي استمر إلى 19 مارس 1775”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page