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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 73. Chapters: Battles involving Algeria, Battles involving Angola, Battles involving Denkyira, Battles involving Kongo, Battles involving Morocco, Battles involving the Ashanti Empire, Battles involving the Zulu, Battles of the Anglo-Zulu War, Battle of Rorke's Drift, Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, Battle of Tangier, Battle of Cuito Cuanavale, Battle of Isandlwana, Battle of Blood River, Battle of Algiers, Battle of Ulundi, Spanish expedition to Oran, Battle of Ksar El Kebir, Battle of Hlobane, Bombardment of Mogador, Battle of Kambula, Battle of Congella, Siege of Eshowe, Invasion of Algiers, Bombardment of Algiers, Battle of Intombe, Battle of Kitombo, Battle of Agounennda, Battle of Annual, Expedition of Mostaganem, Battle of Mbwila, Battle of Italeni, Battle of Mazagran, Battle of Gingindlovu, Operation Cabinda, Battle of Mbidizi River, Battle of Tondibi, Battle of Sidi-Brahim, Battle of Tetouan, Battle of Atakpame, Ndwandwe-Zulu War, Battle of Wadi al-Laban, Capture of Fez, Conquest of Asilah, Siege of Melilla, Battle of Kirina, Battle of Sao Salvador, Battle of Tadla, Battle of the Smala, Battle of Isly, Battle of Gqokli Hill, Battle of Kombi, Battle of Tres Forcas, Battle of Macta, Battle of Azemmour, Bombardment of Tangiers, Battle of Feyiase, Battle of Mhlatuze River, Battle of Marrakech, Moroccan-Portuguese conflicts, Battle of Mufilo. Excerpt: The 1437 Battle of Tangier, sometimes referred to as the Siege of Tangiers, refers to the attempt by a Portuguese expeditionary force to seize the Moroccan citadel of Tangier, and their subsequent defeat by the armies of the Marinid sultanate of Morocco. The Portuguese expeditionary force, led by Prince Henry the Navigator, Duke of Viseu, set out from Portugal in August, 1437, intending to seize a series of Moroccan coastal citadels. The Portuguese laid siege to Tangier in mid-Se...