Battle of Castillejos

The Battle of Castillejos was a battle fought on New Year's Day, 1860, between the Spanish Army of Africa under Leopoldo O'Donnell and the Moroccan Army as the Spanish army attempted to capture the cities of Tetuan and Tangier. The Spanish were victorious.

Battle of Castillejos
Part of the Hispano-Moroccan War (1859–60)
The Battle of Castillejos (illustration from a British book)
Date 1 January 1860 Location Castillejos, Morocco Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Spain	Morocco
Commanders and leaders
Leopoldo O'Donnell
Strength
10,000	20,000
Casualties and losses
600	2,000

References

• Cervantes Virtual, Diario de un testigo de la guerra de África (1860) por Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, que actuó como precursor de lo que hoy llamamos corresponsal de guerra y describe con realismo la batalla de Los Castillejos.
• Guillermo G. Calleja Leal https://web.archive.org/web/20080410063717/http://www.ejercito.mde.es/ihycm/revista/90/4calleja.htm
• César Alcalá, La campaña de Marruecos, 1859–1860.