Armies competing for Tangier
The English armed forces had been professionalised during the English Civil Wars and greatly expanded under the Rump Parliament. Who were they and who would they be fighting? Click on a picture for more information.
European Army
English Parliamentarian Regiments
How Harley's Regiment of dedicated Protestants, now setting out to fight the Muslims of Barbary, had earned their fierce reputation fighting against the Catholics of Spain. more
English Royalist Regiments
The men who rallied to Charles Stuart's flag in the hopes of earning Spanish support for an invasion of England, but ended up being sent to Africa to defend his newly acquired city... more
Spanish Army
The Spanish Army had given Cromwell's Army a bloody nose in the Caribbean, but how likely were the much feared tercios to snatch Tangier before the English could occupy the city? more