Bombardment of Chefchaouen

Bombardment of Chefchaouen

Part of Rif War

Date	September 17, 1925
Location	Chefchaouen, Morocco

Franco–Moroccan conflicts
First French colonial empire era Larache expedition (1765) Second French colonial empire era Franco-Moroccan War (1844) Bombardment of Salé (1851) South-Oranese Campaign (1897–1903) Conquest of Morocco (1907–34) Zaian War (1914–21) Rif War (1921–26) Post-colonial conflicts Ifni War (1957–58)

The Bombardment of Chefchaouen was an aerial bombardment of Chefchaouen, Morocco carried out in the middle of the Rif War by a rogue American squadron in the service of the French colonial empire, the Escadrille Cherifienne, on September 17, 1925.