Battle_of_the_Bay_of_Velez

Battle of the Bay of Velez

Battle of the Bay of Velez

Naval battle between the forces of Salah Reis and a Portuguese flotilla

The Battle of the Bay of Velez was a naval battle between the forces of Salah Reis and a Portuguese flotilla in which the forces of Salah Reis emerged victorious.[1][2]

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The winter of 1552–1553 in the Regency of Algiers, was devoted to outfitting a fleet.[3] In the beginning of June, Salah Reis embarked from Algiers and set out with a fleet of 40 vessels, galliots, galleys and brigantines.[3][2]

On July 5, 1553, while at sea with his squadron, Salah Reis came across and defeated a Portuguese fleet at the bay of Velez.[2][1] The entire flotilla and its caravels were captured and the Portuguese and Moroccans were taken captive and brought to Velez.[3]

The booty was offered to the Saadi ruler as a token of friendship and neighbourliness and also to dissuade him from launching raids on Oran.[3] Despite this offer a new border incident occurred, and Salah Reis spent his winter preparing an expedition against Morocco, after which he defeated the Saadi ruler in the Battle of Taza.[3]

References

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    Salmi, Abdelhadi Radjai. "Irregular naval warfare in early modern age: the case of Algerian privateering in the 16th and 17th century. الحرب البحرية غير النظامية أوائل العصر الحديث: حالة حرب القرصنة الجزائرية في القرنين 16 و17 الميلاديين." مجلة الدراسات التاريخية العسكرية 4, no. 3 (2022): 153-168. p.155.
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    Algeria and Transatlantic Relations. United Kingdom: Brookings Institution Press, 2019.
  3. [3]
    Braudel, Fernand. La Méditerranée et le monde méditeranéen à l'époque de Philippe II. (The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Era of Philip II) France: A. Colin, 1966.
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