Expedition of Mostaganem

1558 CE.

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The Expedition of Mostaganem occurred in 1558, when Spanish forces attempted to capture the city of Mostaganem. The expedition was supposed to be a decisive step in the conquest of the Ottoman base of Algiers, but it ended in failure, and has been called a "disaster".

Text from the Wikipedia article Expedition to Mostaganem (1558), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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