Skip to content
Steven's Balagan

Steven's Balagan

Spanish and Portuguese Military History,
Wargaming, and other stuff

  • Home
  • Wargaming
    • Crossfire
    • DBA
    • HOTT
    • Tilly’s Very Bad Day
    • Modelling
    • Ancient Warfare
    • Medieval Warfare
    • Gunpowder Warfare
    • Industrial Warfare
    • Modern Warfare
  • RPG
  • About
    • What is Balagan?
    • Contact
    • Sitemap
    • Privacy Policy

Spanish-Moroccan War

My interest in the African War was sparked by a set of 4 booklets I picked up from Pallas Armata called simply “The Spanish Campaign in Morocco” (Hardman, 1996). The immediate cause of the Spanish-Moroccan War (1859-60) was Spanish jealously of contemporary French ventures in Algeria. Perhaps even more fundamental were: the Spanish belief that fighting the Moor was a sacred duty; and their long held desire to extend their Reconquista south of the straits. I guess my own interest in the period parallels these causes … I have the armies for the medieval Reconquista in Spain and there is something quite romantic about the vision of regular European lines facing off massed Muslim tribesmen. It is another period I haven’t got into much yet, but you’ll find bits and bobs below.

Timeline for the Spanish-Moroccan War

5 Aug 201324 Apr 2006 by Steven Thomas

Timeline for the Spanish-Moroccan War.

Read more

Categories Spain, Spanish-Moroccan War Leave a comment

Sources for the Spanish-Moroccan War

5 Aug 201324 Apr 2006 by Steven Thomas

A brief annotated bibliography for the Sources for the Spanish-Moroccan War.

Read more

Categories Spain, Spanish-Moroccan War Leave a comment

Orders of Battle for the Spanish-Moroccan War

5 Aug 201324 Apr 2006 by Steven Thomas

Orders of Battle for both protagonists in the Spanish-Moroccan War.

Read more

Categories Spain, Spanish-Moroccan War Leave a comment

Painting Guide for the Spanish-Moroccan War

5 Aug 201324 Apr 2006 by Steven Thomas

Painting guide for the Spanish-Moroccan War. The main source is Bueno (1998), however, where Hardman (1996) differs I tend to favour his view as he spent the entire 1860 campaign with the Spanish Army and was a professional observer. On the other hand Bueno is a professional historian, so you can make up your own mind.

Read more

Categories Painting Guide, Spain, Spanish-Moroccan War Leave a comment

15mm Wargaming Figures for the Spanish-Moroccan War

5 Aug 201324 Apr 2006 by Steven Thomas

Rough notes on 15mm Wargaming Figures for the Spanish-Moroccan War.

Read more

Categories Spain, Spanish-Moroccan War Leave a comment

Newsletter

Follow

  • RSS - Posts
  • RSS - Comments
  • @StevensBalagan on twitter

Support

Patreon account for Balagan

Recent Posts

  • ANZAC M113s – Revisiting the APCs to get for my Vietnam Project
  • ANZAC M113 Callsigns: Australian APC Tactical Signs in Vietnam
  • The ‘To Hit’ Quandary – 5 plus or 2 minus
  • Operational Terrain 8 – Monopoly Buildings to Fit 4 Inch Hexes
  • 2023 Confessions of a Megalomaniac Wargamer and Amateur Historian

Categories

  • Ancient Warfare (137)
    • Biblical (14)
    • Fall of Rome (53)
    • Rise of Rome (58)
      • Iberian Wars (23)
      • Macedonian Wars (22)
      • Punic Wars (36)
  • Country (608)
    • Israel (18)
    • New Zealand (59)
    • Portugal (187)
    • Spain (420)
    • Wales (30)
  • Gunpowder Warfare (446)
    • Carlist Wars (52)
    • Eighty Years War (34)
    • English Civil War (28)
    • Italian Wars (33)
    • Liberal Wars (7)
    • Liberators (94)
    • Napoleonic Wars (49)
      • Peninsular War (40)
        • Albuera (15)
        • Peninsular War Painting Guides (5)
    • New World (71)
      • Conquistadores (28)
      • Portuguese Explorers (32)
    • New Zealand Wars (29)
    • Northern Wars (13)
    • Seven Years War (2)
    • Thirty Years War (77)
      • Lutzen (7)
      • Nordlingen (4)
    • War of Spanish Succession (17)
  • Industrial Warfare (587)
    • Rif Wars (23)
    • Scramble for Africa (8)
    • Spanish Civil War (61)
    • Spanish-American War (2)
    • Spanish-Moroccan War (5)
    • World War I (4)
    • World War II (491)
      • Eastern Front (274)
        • Berlin 1945 (9)
        • Kharkov 1941-43 (16)
        • Krasny Bor 1943 (14)
        • Kursk 1943 (22)
          • Ponyri (10)
        • Moscow 1941 (9)
        • Stalingrad 1942-43 (34)
        • Tarnopol 1944 (25)
      • Fall of France (18)
      • France in WW2 (9)
        • French Expeditionary Corps in Italy (8)
      • Italian Campaign (74)
      • Japan in WW2 (32)
        • Burma Campaign (21)
        • Pacific War (16)
        • Soviet–Japanese War (7)
      • North African Campaign (36)
      • North-West Europe (77)
      • NZ in WW2 (28)
        • 2 NZ Division (25)
        • 3 NZ Division (3)
      • Polish Campaign (2)
      • Spain in WW2 (37)
        • Blue Division (28)
  • Medieval Warfare (106)
    • Dark Ages (55)
      • Arthurian (13)
      • Britannia 600 AD (18)
    • Hundred Years War (8)
    • Medieval Africa (1)
    • Reconquista (36)
  • Modelling (212)
    • Drawing Maps (10)
    • Making Stuff (65)
    • Painting Guide (118)
    • Ruins (14)
    • Storage (4)
  • Modern Warfare (147)
    • Arab-Israeli Wars (35)
      • 1948 Arab-Israeli War (14)
      • 1956 Arab-Israeli War (13)
      • 1967 Arab-Israeli War (10)
      • 1973 Arab-Israeli War (9)
      • Lebanon War (15)
    • Cold War (4)
    • Korean War (1)
    • Portuguese Colonial War (72)
    • Spanish Sahara (7)
    • Vietnam War (18)
      • First Indochina War (5)
  • RPG (33)
    • Fate RPG (11)
      • Fate 3.0 (6)
      • Fate Accelerated Edition (FAE) (2)
      • Fate Core System (5)
      • Tonulli (2)
    • Fudge RPG (13)
      • Fudge Bunnies (5)
    • Kids RPGs (5)
    • Place of Reeds (14)
  • Uncategorized (3)
  • Wargaming (960)
    • Ally (19)
      • Brett Simpson (19)
    • Big Bases (61)
    • Campaign (102)
      • DBA Campaign (8)
      • Linked Scenario Campaign (10)
      • Mapless Campaign (4)
      • Matrix Campaign (5)
      • Race for X Campaign (3)
      • Three Round Campaign (5)
    • Crossfire (470)
      • Arab-Israeli Crossfire (4)
      • Crossfire AAR (93)
      • Crossfire Campaign (39)
      • Crossfire for Newbies (32)
      • Crossfire House Rules (18)
      • Crossfire Musing (137)
        • CF Armour Musing (36)
      • Crossfire Orbat (35)
      • Crossfire Scenario Design (22)
      • Crossfire Scenarios (104)
        • CF Scenario Completed (53)
        • CF Scenario Draft (34)
      • Crossfire Terrain (55)
      • Fogo Cruzado (25)
      • Fuego Cruzado (29)
      • Hit the Dirt (15)
      • Incoming (7)
      • Mac's Crossfire Missions (13)
      • Official Crossfire (4)
      • Operation Crossfire (6)
      • Steven's Crossfire Forces (19)
    • DBx (168)
      • DBA (114)
        • Big Base DBA (18)
        • DBA-RRR (7)
        • New World DBA (17)
      • DBM (10)
      • DBR (13)
      • HOTT (63)
        • Arthurian HOTT (25)
        • Big Base HOTT (5)
        • Liberators HOTT (25)
    • Engle Matrix Games (14)
    • Field of Glory (29)
      • Field of Glory Renaissance (5)
    • Game Design (3)
    • Kids Wargaming (2)
      • Steven's Rules (1)
    • Liberators QPR (25)
    • Megalomaniac Wargamer and Amateur Historian (12)
    • Operational (39)
      • Deep Battle (22)
      • Hurrah Stalino (2)
      • KISS Rommel (2)
      • Megablitz (15)
      • PanzerGruppe (3)
      • Rapier Offensive (5)
    • Other Rules (130)
      • 'O' Group (5)
      • 2 by 2 Napoleonics (3)
      • AK47 (3)
      • ASL (4)
      • Blitzkrieg Commander (3)
      • Cold War Commander (2)
      • Commands and Colors (2)
      • Conquerors and Kings (1)
      • Dux Bellorum (2)
      • Flames of War (4)
      • Hispania Board Game (1)
      • IABSM (5)
      • Impetus (6)
      • Lasalle (10)
      • Live Free or Die (3)
      • Lost Battles (1)
      • March Attack (5)
      • Maximilian (1)
      • Napoleon at War (1)
      • Naval Rules (2)
      • One-Hour Wargames (7)
      • Platoon (2)
      • Portable Wargame (3)
      • Rapid Fire (7)
      • Red Spear, Black Crow (2)
      • Shako (18)
      • Triumph (3)
      • Two Hour Wargames (23)
        • Legends of Al-Andalus (13)
      • Volley and Bayonet (7)
      • Warmaster Historical (9)
    • Scenario Books (6)
    • Solo Wargames (5)
    • Steven's Armies (51)
    • Tilly's Very Bad Day (71)
      • Tilly's Very Bad Day – Army Lists (3)
      • Tilly's Very Bad Day – Battle Reports (21)
      • Tilly's Very Bad Day – Campaigns (6)
        • Populous, Rich and Rebellious (2)
      • Tilly's Very Bad Day – Musing (18)
      • Tilly's Very Bad Day – Rules (7)
      • Tilly's Very Bad Day – Scenarios (17)
    • Turbans and Tricorns (2)
    • Twilight of the Sun-King (17)
      • Twilight of the Britons (4)
    • Wargaming Clubs (4)

Archives

© 2023 Steven's Balagan • Built with GeneratePress