Campaign of Cherchell (1531)
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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.[1][2]
A French fleet of 13 galleys took part under Andrea Doria.[3] Doria was supported by 32 galleys, eight galleons, five brigantines, two lateen sails, and three ships.[4]
In July 1531, the admiral left Genoa and landed at Cherchell with 1,500 men.[5] He seized the city and liberated several hundred Christian slaves.[5] While the troops disbanded to engage in looting, the Turks took advantage, massacred and routed the invaders,[6][5][1] as well as, took 600 captives.[1]
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.[2]
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Servantie, Alain. "The Mediterranean Policy of Charles V." A New World: Emperor Charles V and the Beginnings of Globalisation (2021): 83.
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedMercier - ↑ Moliner-Violle, Michel Francois Auguste, and Michel-F-A. Moliner-Violle. Précis de géographie historique de l'Algérie. A. Jourdan, 1877.
- ↑ de Haëdo, Diego, and Henri-Delmas de Grammont. "Kheir-ed-Din Barberousse, second roi." Histoire du Maghreb (1998): 50-75.
