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Siege Begins
- When
- December 1774
- Where
- Melilla
- Part of
- Siege of Melilla (1774)
Sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah invaded Melilla in December 1774 with a large army of Royal Moroccan soldiers and Algerian mercenaries.
The Sultan assembled an army of 30,000 to 40,000 men and powerful artillery. He began a bombardment of the Spanish fortress of Melilla in December 1774.
Sources
- Siege of Melilla (1774–1775) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22
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