Capture of La Mámora
| Capture of La Mámora | |||||||||
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| Part of the Spanish-Moroccan conflicts | |||||||||
Spanish troops, marching with ladders to scale the walls of the town, all of which is being achieved without any sign of fighting. The great river, known today as the ‘Oued Sebou’ flows out to the Western Ocean (Occeano occidentale, now the Mediterranean) is shown to the north of the town walls. Engraving by Italian Girolamo Discepolo (c. 1550–1615) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Kingdom of Spain | Saadi Sultanate | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Luis Fajardo | Unknown | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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Landing Corps of 5,000 men 100 ships, including warships and transports | 14 privateer ships | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Minimal |
10 privateer ships captured 4 destroyed | ||||||||
The Capture of La Mámora was a successful Spanish raid, commanded by Admiral Luis Fajardo y Chacón, on the town of La Mamora, south of El Araich in August 1614 as part of a campaign against African privateering at the Moroccan coast. The fortress remained part of the Spanish Kingdom until 1681 when Muley Ismail Ibn Sharif, the Sultan of Morocco took the city from the Spaniards.