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Battle of Tres Forcas

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moved to only 600 metres from the shore to give the boat crews supporting fire. Adalbert then ordered a landing operation by 14 officers and 53 non-commissioned officers, sailors, and marines, led by Adalbert in person. Around noon, he led a surprise attack on a steep rock face nearly 40 metres high
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under heavy enemy fire. This attack was successful and the Riffians were forced back to a plateau. However, they were also receiving continuous reinforcement, so Adalbert finally decided to withdraw, lest he and his troops become cut off from the shore.
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in the form of an eagle, set up in 1863. Despite being a complete tactical failure, the landing and the courage of Adalbert and his sailors were praised for decades to come by the Prussian people and particularly within the
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Prussian casualties were seven dead and 22 wounded, including Adalbert, shot in the thigh. A subscription from the whole Prussian Navy raised a monument to the dead of the battle in
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On 7 August 1856, Prince Adalbert manned two boats and deployed them along the coast. After the boats came under fire from the Riffians,
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coast of Morocco. There, four years earlier, on 7 December 1852, the Prussian warship
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had been shot at by pirates, with one sailor killed and its captain injured.
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of 1856 had decided that a Prussian warship should be deployed to the
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and, on its way there, Prince Adalbert decided to explore the
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was a battle on 7 August 1856 between boat crews from the
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Alexander Kircher
Cape Tres Forcas
Morocco
Kingdom of Prussia
Prussia
Morocco
Prince Adalbert of Prussia
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Eduard von Knorr

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