Spanish conquest of Oran (1732)

Spanish expedition to Oran
Part of the Spanish-Barbary wars
Spanish attack on Oran of 1732.
Date 15 June 1732 – 2 July 1732 Location Oran, Mers el-Kebir, Regency of Algiers Result Spanish victory[1] Spanish reconquest of Oran[2] Spanish reconquest of Mers el-Kebir[3]
Belligerents
Kingdom of Spain	Regency of Algiers Beylik of Oran
Commanders and leaders
Philip V of Spain Duke of Montemar Francisco Cornejo Blas de Lezo Juan José Navarro	Bouchlaghem Bey Wali Hassan Ben Dabiza  Mohamed Boutaleb
Strength
27,000–28,000 men[4][5] 12 ships of the line[4] 50 frigates[4] 7 galleys[4] 26 galiots[4] 4 brigs[4] 97 xebecs[4] Several gunboats and bomb vessels[4] 109 transport ships[4] Unknown minor vessels	20,000 men[6] Unknown number of ships
Casualties and losses
100 killed[7]	Heavy human and naval losses[2][3] 142 pieces of artillery captured[2]

The Spanish conquest of Oran and Mers el-Kebir took place from 15 June to 2 July 1732, between the Kingdom of Spain and the Deylik of Algiers. The great Spanish expedition led by Don José Carrillo de Albornoz, Duke of Montemar and Don Francisco Javier Cornejo^[4] defeated the Algerian troops under the command of the Bey of the Beylik of Oran, Mustapha Bouchelaghem,^[8] and the Wali of Oran, Hassan. It successfully conquered the fortress-cities of Oran and Mers el-Kebir,^[9] ruled and administered by Algiers from 1708, during the War of the Spanish Succession, when both cities were conquered by the aforementioned Bouchelaghem, who was the governor of the western regions of Algiers.^[10][11]