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Strength. 12,000 [1] 18,000 – 20,000 [2] Casualties and losses. 253 dead [3] 2,000 dead [4] The siege of Ceuta (1790–1791) was an armed confrontation between the Kingdom of Spain and the Sultanate of Morocco during the Spanish-Moroccan War of 1790–1791. The siege of this city was the central episode of this conflict.
Sieges of Ceuta (1694–1727) The sieges of Ceuta, also known as the thirty-year siege, [1] were a series of blockades by Moroccan forces of the Spanish-held city of Ceuta on the North African coast. The first siege began on 23 October 1694 and finished in 1720 when reinforcements arrived. [2] During the 26 years of the first siege, the city ...
Siege of Ceuta may refer to: Siege of Ceuta (1419) Sieges of Ceuta (1694–1727) Siege of Ceuta (1790–1791) See also. Battle of Ceuta (disambiguation)
Ceuta was besieged again in 1721, but by now the fortifications were much stronger and the last Moorish attempt to take the city ended in 1734. [3] Further modifications to the fortifications were made in the 1730s. Another Moorish siege occurred between 1790 and 1791, but the attack was repelled.
Prince-heir Edward. The Portuguese conquest of Ceuta took place on 21 August 1415, between Portuguese forces under the command of King John I of Portugal and the Marinid sultanate of Morocco at the city of Ceuta. The city's defenses fell under Portuguese control after a carefully prepared attack, and the successful capture of the city marked ...
The bombardment of Tangier was a naval attack launched on August 24, 1791, by Spain against the Moroccan city of Tangier in response to the Moroccan sultan Moulay Yazid's declaration of war and siege of Ceuta . Following the failure of peace attempts between Spain and Morocco, Spanish King Charles IV also officially declared war on Morocco and ...
Battle of Ceuta (1339) Byzantine North Africa; C. ... Siege of Ceuta (1419) Siege of Ceuta (1790–1791) Statute of Autonomy of Ceuta; T. Taifa of Ceuta; Treaty of ...
Brigadier Vicente Aymerich (father) Other work. Sub-inspector of the troops of the island of Cuba. Melchor de Aymerich. Melchior de Aymerich ( Ceuta, Spain, 5 January 1754 – Havana, Cuba, 11 August 1836) was a Spanish general and provincial administrator, serving as the last president of the Royal Audience of Quito from April until May 1822.