Expedition to Mostaganem (1547) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Regency of Algiers | Spanish Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Hasan Pasha | Count Alcaudete | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown |
The Expedition to Mostaganem of 1547 was a failed Spanish expedition mounted against Mostaganem by the Spanish forces of Count Alcaudete. [1] [3]
In 1543 a Spanish expedition was led against Mostaganem by the Spanish forces of Count Alcaudete numbering between 5,000 and 7,000 men, this expedition was defeated. [1] [4] A second expedition was mounted against Mostaganem in 1547. [1] [5] Count Alcaudete marched from Tlemcen and arrived at Mostaganem on the 21st of August which he then laid siege to. [5] There was only 40 men to defend the city, however the Spanish attack was defeated. [5] [1] [2] Another Spanish expedition against the city was defeated in 1558.
Expedition to Mostaganem (1547) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Regency of Algiers | Spanish Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Hasan Pasha | Count Alcaudete | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown |
The Expedition to Mostaganem of 1547 was a failed Spanish expedition mounted against Mostaganem by the Spanish forces of Count Alcaudete. [1] [3]
In 1543 a Spanish expedition was led against Mostaganem by the Spanish forces of Count Alcaudete numbering between 5,000 and 7,000 men, this expedition was defeated. [1] [4] A second expedition was mounted against Mostaganem in 1547. [1] [5] Count Alcaudete marched from Tlemcen and arrived at Mostaganem on the 21st of August which he then laid siege to. [5] There was only 40 men to defend the city, however the Spanish attack was defeated. [5] [1] [2] Another Spanish expedition against the city was defeated in 1558.