The Tangier Garrison was the land force which oversaw the defence of English Tangier between 1661 and 1684 when it was evacuated. It was part of the English Army, the de facto standing army that Charl
An illustration of the Tangier Garrison fighting at the Battle of Tangier in 1664
A View of Tangier by Hendrick Danckerts, 1669.
The English evacuation of Tangier in 1684
English Tangier was the period in Moroccan history in which the city of Tangier was occupied by England as part of its colonial empire from 1661 to 1684. Tangier had been under Portuguese control befo
Tangier Garrison
…The Tangier Garrison was the land force which oversaw the defence of English Tangier between 1661 and 1684 when it was evacuated. It was part of the English Army, the de facto standing army that Charles II established following the…
Wenceslaus Hollar's landscape of Tangier at the beginning of the English occupation
Tangier c. 1670 by Wenceslaus Hollar.