Mediterranean In 1519, a joint Spanish-Italian attack on Algiers was ordered by Charles V and commanded by Hugo of Moncada.

[5] Charles V ordered Viceroy of Sicily Hugo of Moncada to organise an expedition to conquer Algiers.

A previous Spanish attack had been defeated in 1516 by Oruç Reis, the brother of Hayreddin Barbarossa.

[7] Hugo de Moncada, managed to escape by hiding among the corpses ashore[7] and 3,036 Spaniards were captured.

[7] When Barbarossa was offered another sum of money for the return of the bodies, he had them thrown into the sea so that “If the relatives of any of the dead came to Algiers, they would not know the burial place of their father or brother, nor be able to see the ashes, but only the waves.”[7] This Algerian history-related article is a stub.