Regional1505

Battle of Mers el Kebir

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Algeria

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Mers el Kebir (1505), part of the Spanish Colonial War in North Africa. Spain defeated Mers el Kebir.

Belligerents2

Spain
Mers el Kebir

ON THE MAPSpanish Empire (Americas)

Conflict graph

PART OFSpanish Expansion in North Africa

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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