The Bombardment of Tangier took place on 6 August 1844, when

French Navy The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ...

forces under the command of

François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville François d'Orléans, Prince de Joinville (14 August 1818 – 16 June 1900) was the third son of Louis Philippe, King of the French, and his wife Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily. An admiral of the French Navy, François was famous for bri ...

attacked the Moroccan city of

Tangier Tangier ( ; ; ar, طنجة, Ṭanja) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the cap ...

. The campaign was part of the First Franco-Moroccan War. The bombardment was a consequence of

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

's alliance with

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's Abd-El-Kader against

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following several incidents at the border between Algeria and Morocco, and the refusal of Morocco to abandon its support for Algeria.''Navies in modern world history'' Lawrence Sondhaus p.71''ff''
/ref> The Bombardment of Tangier was followed up by the

Battle of Isly The Battle of Isly () was fought on August 14, 1844 between France and Morocco, near the . French forces under Marshal Thomas Robert Bugeaud routed a much larger, but poorly organized, Moroccan force, mainly fighters from the tribes of , but als ...

on 14 August 1844, and the

Bombardment of Mogador The Bombardment of Mogador took place August 15-17, 1844, when French Navy forces under the Prince de Joinville attacked the Moroccan city of Mogador, modern Essaouira, and the island facing the city, Mogador island. The campaign was part of the ...

by the same fleet on 15 August 1844.

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