Second Melillan campaign
| 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 | |||||||||
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José Marina Vega Guillermo Pintos † |
Mohammed Amezian Abdelkader Tieb | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 35,000 men | 12,000 men | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 2,000 killed or wounded | 8,000 killed or wounded | ||||||||
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.