Campaign of Cherchell (1531)

Campaign of Cherchell

| Date| July 1531

|

Location|

Cherchell

Result|  Algerian victory[2]
Belligerents

Empire of Charles V:

* Spain
* Genoa

France[1]|  Regency of Algiers
Commanders and leaders
Andrea Doria|  Hayreddin Barbarossa
Strength
1,500 men
32 galleys
8 galleons
5 brigantines
2 lateen sails
3 ships|  35 galleys
Casualties and losses
Heavy
600 captured
22 galleys|  Unknown

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* 2nd Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera (1564)
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* 3rd Tunis (1569)
* 2nd Gozo (1570)
* Lepanto (1571)
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* 4th Tunis (1573)
* 5th Tunis (1574)
* Cadaqués (1575)
* Lanzarote (1586)
* Monastir (1603)
* Hammamet (1605)
* 1st La Goulette (1609)
* Kerkennah Islands (1611)
* 2nd La Goulette (1612)
* Cape Corvo (1613)
* Messina (1613)
* Malta (1614)
* 3rd La Goulette (1615)
* Cape Celidonia (1616)
* Constantinople (1616)
* 4th La Goulette (1617)
* Sousse (1619)
* Chios (1621)
* Palermo (1624)
* Gulf of Tunis (1624)
* Dalmatia (1624)
* San Pietro (1624)

The Campaign of Cherchell occurred in July 1531, when Charles V sent the admiral Andrea Doria, to take Cherchell as a bridgehead in North Africa.[3][4]

A French fleet of 13 galleys took part under Andrea Doria.[1] Doria was supported by 32 galleys, eight galleons, five brigantines, two lateen sails, and three ships.[5]

In July 1531, the admiral left Genoa and landed at Cherchell with 1,500 men.[2] He seized the city and liberated several hundred Christian slaves.[2] While the troops disbanded to engage in looting, the Turks took advantage, massacred and routed the invaders,[6][2][3] as well as, took 600 captives.[3]

Some of the other Turks opened fire on the galleys. As a result, Doria set sail fearing that he might see his vessels sink and understanding that his soldiers were hopelessly lost.[7] Barbarossa, equipped with 35 galleys, attacked Doria near Genoa and burned 22 Genoese galleys.[4]

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2. ^ a b c d MERCIER, Ernest. "L’AFRIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE." I888, I (1888): 182. Page 33.
3. ^ a b c Ring, Trudy, and Noelle Watson. Middle East and Africa: International Dictionary of Historic Places. Routledge, 2014.
4. ^ a b Servantie, Alain. "The Mediterranean Policy of Charles V." A New World: Emperor Charles V and the Beginnings of Globalisation (2021): 83.
5. ^ Espinosa, Aurelio. "The Grand Strategy of Charles V (1500-1558): Castile, War, and Dynastic Priority in the Mediterranean", Journal of Early Modern History 9, 3 (2005): 239-283, doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/157006505775008446
6. ^ Moliner-Violle, Michel Francois Auguste, and Michel-F-A. Moliner-Violle. Précis de géographie historique de l'Algérie. A. Jourdan, 1877.
7. ^ de Haëdo, Diego, and Henri-Delmas de Grammont. "Kheir-ed-Din Barberousse, second roi." Histoire du Maghreb (1998): 50-75.

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