Capture of Peñón of Algiers (1529)
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For other battles in the same place, see Battle of Algiers.
The capture of Peñón of Algiers was accomplished when the beylerbey of Algiers, Hayreddin Barbarossa captured the fortress called Peñón of Algiers, on a small islet facing the Algerian city of Algiers from the Habsburg Spaniards.
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Capture of Algiers | |||||||
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Part of the Ottoman-Habsburg wars | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Kabyle soldiers |
Regency of Algiers Arab irregulars | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Don Martin de Vargas | Hayreddin Barbarossa | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
200 soldiers | 2,000 janissaries | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
175 dead 25 prisoners | Unknown |
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