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Battle of Larache (1631)

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al-Ayachi then dispatched Ibn Aboud to Larache to lure the Spanish out of town. Ibn Aboud reported that a group of Arab tribes were camping on a hill close to the town, and a potential attack would result in a large amount of loot. The Spanish immediately left the town. Diego Ruiz de Colmenares led
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the Spanish troops of around 600 men. The troops of al-Ayachi surrounded the Spanish troops and massacred them. Diego was wounded in the battle and died later on. The Spanish troops suffered 436 casualties, or the entire force was killed. The ambush took place on February 7, 1631.
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rose in fame, devouring himself to launch a holy war against the Christians. In April 1627, Sidi al-Ayachi revolted against the sultan and attacked the harbor of Salé, which he captured and transformed into his principality, the
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occurred on February 7, 1631, when the forces of Sidi M'hamed el-Ayachi ambushed a detachment of the Spanish garrison of Larache.
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Tomás García Figueras & Carlos Rodríguez Joulia Saint-Cyr (1973), Larache: datos para su historia en el siglo XVII.
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Henry de Castries (1911), Unpublished sources of Moroccan history. Archives and libraries of France. Volume III.
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Kenneth R. Andrews, Ships, Money and Politics: Seafaring and Naval Enterprise in the Reign of Charles I, p. 167
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Jehanne-Marie Gandin (1970), La remise de Larache aux Espagnols en 1610, p. 72
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On January 27, 1605, during a civil war in Morocco, the Moroccan sultan,
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Larache
Morocco
Spain
Kingdom of Spain
Republic of Salé
Spain

Sidi M'Hamed al-Ayachi
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Spanish–Moroccan conflicts
Imperialism
Conquest of Mehdya (1614)
Siege of Mamora (1681)
Siege of Larache (1689)
Siege of Oran (1693)
Siege of Melilla (1694–1696)
Sieges of Ceuta (1694–1727)
Siege of Melilla (1774–1775)
Tetuan War (1859–1860)
Rif conflicts
First Melillan campaign (1893–1894)
Second Melillan campaign (1909)
Battle of Wolf Ravine
Kert campaign (1911–1912)
Rif War (1920–1926)
Post-colonial conflicts
Ifni War (1957–1958)

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