Battle of Castillejos | |||||||
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Part of the Hispano-Moroccan War | |||||||
The Battle of Castillejos, from Illustrated Battles of the Nineteenth Century, 1895. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Spain | Morocco | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Leopoldo O'Donnell Juan Prim | Mawlay Abbas | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
10,000 | 20,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
600 | 2,000 |
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.