First Melillan campaign

Melilla War
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.
Date9 November (de facto 3 October) 1893 – 25 April 1894
Location
Rif, northern Morocco, near Melilla
Result

Spanish victory
Treaty of Fez:

Territorial
changes
The Melilla hinterlands are ceded to Spain
Belligerents
Spain Spain
Commanders and leaders
Spain Juan Margallo 
Spain Martínez-Campos
Morocco Hassan I
Morocco Baja al-Arbi
Morocco 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.

  1. ^ Showalter, Dennis (2013). Imperial Wars 1815–1914. Amber Books. p. 1887. ISBN 978-1-78274-125-1.
  2. ^ Alvarez, José E. (2012). The Encyclopedia of War, 5 Volume Set. John Wiley & Sons. p. 1820. ISBN 978-1-4051-9037-4.
  3. ^ Thomas, Steven (2002-06-30). "Timeline for the First Rif War 1893-94". Retrieved 2024-09-14.