Second Melillan campaign | |||||||||
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Part of the Spanish-Moroccan conflicts and Scramble for Africa | |||||||||
Melilla and the Peñón de Alhucemas in 1909. | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Spain | Riffian tribes | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
José Marina Vega Guillermo Pintos † |
Mohammed Amezian Abdelkader Tieb | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
35,000 men[1] | 12,000 men[1] | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
2,000 killed or wounded[2][3][4] | 8,000 killed or wounded[2][3][4] |
The Second Melillan campaign (Spanish: Campaña or Guerra de Melilla ) was a conflict in 1909 in northern Morocco around Melilla. The fighting involved local Riffians and the Spanish Army.