Siege of Larache | |||||||
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Part of the Spanish-Moroccan conflicts | |||||||
![]() A view of the port of Larache in 1670. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
10,000 cavalry |
2,000 soldiers 200 artillery | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
30 killed |
400 killed 1,600 captured 40 artillery captured 160 artillery lost |
The siege of Larache, in 1689, was undertaken by an army of Morocco under 'Alawid Sultan Ismail Ibn Sharif against the Spanish forces of Charles II, which had ruled the city for almost 80 years since its cession in 1610. After three months of siege, the defenders were forced to capitulate.