| Battle of Melilla (1860) | |||||||
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| Part of the Hispano-Moroccan War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Morocco |
 Spain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Unknown |
Manuel Buceta del Villar | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 15,000 men | 1,200 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Negligible | 370 men | ||||||
The battle of Melilla took place in February 1860, during the Spanish-Moroccan War, when the Spanish garrison of Melilla suffered a fiasco caused by Riffian fighters outside the city.