Spanish expedition to Oran (1732)

Spanish expedition to Oran
Part of the Spanish-Algerian War (1732)
Spanish attack on Oran of 1732.
Date 15 June 1732 – 2 July 1732 Location Oran, Mers el-Kebir, Regency of Algiers (Ottoman empire) Result Decisive Spanish victory Spanish reconquest of Oran Spanish reconquest of Mers el-Kebir
Belligerents
Kingdom of Spain	Regency of Algiers (Ottoman Vilayet)
Commanders and leaders
Duke of Montemar Francisco Cornejo Blas de Lezo Juan José Navarro	Bey Hassan Dey of Algiers
Strength
27,000–28,000 men 12 ships of the line 50 frigates 7 galleys 26 galiots 4 brigs 97 xebecs Several gunboats and bomb vessels 109 transport ships Unknown minor vessels	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown: Minimum	Heavy human and naval losses 142 pieces of artillery captured

Decisive Spanish victory

The Spanish conquest of Oran and Mers el-Kebir took place from 15 June to 2 July 1732, between the Kingdom of Spain against the Ottoman protectorate of Algiers. The great Spanish expedition led by Don José Carrillo de Albornoz, Duke of Montemar and Don Francisco Javier Cornejo defeated the Ottoman-Muslim troops under the command of the Bey Hassan, and conquered the fortress-cities of Oran and Mers el-Kebir, ruled and administered by the Ottoman Empire from 1708, during the War of the Spanish Succession, when both cities, ruled by Spain, fell into the hands of the Ottoman Dey of Algiers.

During the War of the Spanish Succession, the strategic African cities of Oran and Mers el-Kebir, which until that time, had been under Spanish control, were taken by the Ottoman Dey of Algiers, taking advantage of the difficult time that Spain was going through. With the war having ended, and with the resurgence of the new Spain as one of the major European powers, the King Philip V of Spain, organised an expedition to recoup the lost cities. The expedition was, in part, funded by the successful offensive to the Republic of Genoa, led by the Admiral Don Blas de Lezo, in which Lezo demanded a payment of 2 million pesos, and to pay homage to the Spanish flag, or else he would bombard the city. The Genovese finally accepted all the terms of the Spanish Admiral. Of the 2 million pesos, a million and a half was to be destined for the new expedition.

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