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| Melilla War | |||||||||
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| Part of the Spanish-Moroccan conflicts and Scramble for Africa | |||||||||
 War in Morocco, Death of the Spanish General Margallo, from Le Petit Journal, 13 November 1893. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Spain | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Juan Margallo † Martínez-Campos |
 Hassan I Baja al-Arbi Mimoun Mokhtar | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 25,000 regulars and militia | 40,000 irregulars[1] | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 44 killed, 206 wounded[2] | More than 500 killed in November of 1893[3] | ||||||||
The First Melillan Campaign, also called the Melilla War or the Margallo War (after Juan García y Margallo, the Spanish governor of Melilla whose defeat and death infuriated the Spanish public) in Spain, was a conflict between Spain and the Riffian tribes of northeastern Morocco, and later the Sultan of Morocco, that began in October 1893, was openly declared November 9, 1893, and was resolved by the Treaty of Fez in 1894.
- ^ Showalter, Dennis (2013). Imperial Wars 1815–1914. Amber Books. p. 1887. ISBN 978-1-78274-125-1.
- ^ Alvarez, José E. (2012). The Encyclopedia of War, 5 Volume Set. John Wiley & Sons. p. 1820. ISBN 978-1-4051-9037-4.
- ^ Thomas, Steven (2002-06-30). "Timeline for the First Rif War 1893-94". Retrieved 2024-09-14.