Capture of Peñón of Algiers (1529)
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.
| Capture of Algiers | |||||||
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| Part of the Ottoman-Habsburg wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Spanish Empire 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 | |||||||
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175 dead 25 prisoners | Unknown | ||||||
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