Part of the Spanish-Moroccan conflicts and Scramble for Africa
Melilla and the Peñón de Alhucemas in 1909.
Date
9 July – 4 December 1909 (1909-07-09 – 1909-12-04)
Location
Kelaïa, eastern Rif, northern Morocco, near Melilla
Result
Spanish victory
Territorial changes
Spanish occupation of Cape Three Forks and the Bhar Amezzyan lagoon
Belligerents
Spain
Riffian tribes
Commanders and leaders
José Marina Vega Guillermo Pintos †
Mohammed Amezian Abdelkader Tieb
Strength
35,000 men
1,500 men
Casualties and losses
2,517 killed or wounded
Unknown
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Spanish–Moroccan conflicts
Imperialism
Conquest of Mehdya (1614)
Siege of Mamora (1681)
Siege of Larache (1689)
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)
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Battle of Wolf Ravine
Kert campaign (1911–1912)
Rif War (1920–1926)
Post-colonial conflicts
Ifni War (1957–1958)
Green March (1975)
Perejil Island (2002)
Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera (2012)
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