Battle of Castillejos

Battle of Castillejos
Part of the Hispano-Moroccan War

The Battle of Castillejos, from Illustrated Battles of the Nineteenth Century, 1895.
Date1 January 1860
Location
Castillejos, Morocco
Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Spain Spain Morocco Morocco
Commanders and leaders
Spain Leopoldo O'Donnell
Spain Juan Prim
Morocco Mawlay Abbas
Strength
10,000 20,000
Casualties and losses
600 2,000
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Hispano–Moroccan War (1859–1860)

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.

References

  • Cervantes Virtual, Diario de un testigo de la guerra de África (1860) por Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, que actuó como precursor de lo que hoy llamamos corresponsal de guerra y describe con realismo la batalla de Los Castillejos.
  • Guillermo G. Calleja Leal https://web.archive.org/web/20080410063717/http://www.ejercito.mde.es/ihycm/revista/90/4calleja.htm
  • César Alcalá, La campaña de Marruecos, 1859–1860.


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