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would take coynfel of fuch on advifer. He was, however, 
on the point of furrendering the city, when advice was 
brought him that the forces belonging to the wefteni go¬ 
vernment were in full march towards the place; upon 
which it was refolved to defend it to the turnoff. Charles, 
in the.mean time, refolving. upon a general affuult, kept a 
conffant firing upon the town; which, from the weak de¬ 
fence .made by the garrifon, he looked upon, as already in 
his hands. But while the doywan, or Algerine fenate, were 
deliberating on the mod: proper means of obtaining an ho¬ 
nourable capitulation, a mad prophet, attended by a mul¬ 
titude of people, entered the afiembly, and foretold the 
fpeedy deftruciion of the Spaniards before the end of the 
>nocm, exhorting the inhabitants to hold out till that time. 
This prediction w'as foon accompli filed in a very furprifmg 
and unexpected manner : for, on the 28th of October, 
1541, a dreadful dorm of wind, rain, and hail, arofe from 
tire north, accompanied with violent fhocks of earthquakes, 
and a difmal and univerfal darknels both by fea and land ; 
fo that the fun, moon, and elements, feemed to combine 
together fur the definition of the Spaniards. In that one 
night, feme fay in lefs than half an hour, eighty-fix (hips 
and fifteen galleys were dedroyed, with all their crews and 
military dores; by which the army on diore was deprived 
of all means of fubfiding in thefe parts. Their camp alfo, 
which fpread itfelf along the plain under the fort, w'as laid 
quite under water by the torrents which defeended from 
the neighbouring hills. Many of the troops, by trying to 
remove into fome better fituation, were cut in pieces by 
the Moors and Arabs; while feveral galleys, and other 
velfels, endeavouring to gain fome neighbouring creeks 
along the coads, were immediately plundered, and their 
crews maffacred by the inhabitants. 
The next morning Charles beheld the fea covered with 
the fragments of fo many fliips, and the bodies of men, 
horfes, and cattle, fwimming on the waves ; at which he 
was fo didieartened, that, abandoning his tents, artillery, 
and aj! his heavy baggage, to the enemy, he marched at 
the head of his army, though in no frnall diforder, towards 
cape Malabux, in order to reimbark in thofe few veffels 
which had outweathered the dorm. But Hadan, who had 
c.aufed his motions to be watched, allowed him jud time 
to get to the 111 ore, when he fallied out and attacked the 
Spaniards in the. midd of their hurry and confufion to 
get into their fliips, killing great numbers, and bringing 
away a dill greater number of captives; after which he 
returned in triumph to Algiers, where he celebrated with 
great rejoicings his happy deliverance from fuel; r d,idrefs 
and danger. 
The unhappy Spaniards had fcarce reached their fliips, 
when they were attacked by a frefh dorm, in which feve¬ 
ral more of them perifhed ; one fhip in particular, con¬ 
taining 700 foldjers, befides failors, funk in the emperor’s 
light, without a poflibility of faving a Angle man. At 
length, with much labour, they reached the port of Bu- 
ieyah, at that time poilelfed by the Spaniards- Here the 
emperor difinilfcd the few remains of the M.altefe knights 
and their forces, who embarked in three fhattered galleys, 
and with much difficulty and danger reached their own 
country. Charles liimfelf daid no longer than till the 
j6th of November, when he fet fail for Carthagena, and 
reached it on the 25-th.of the fame month, fevereiy in- 
dructed in the vanity of human grgatnefs. Jn this un- 
fortunate.expedition upwards of 120 fliips and galleys were 
lod, 300 colonels and other land and fea officers, 8000 fol- 
diers and marines, befides thofe dedroyed by the enemy 
on the rcimbarkation, or drowned in the lad dorm- The 
number of prifoners was fo great, that the Algerines fold 
dome of them, by way of contempt, for an onion per head. 
Hadan, elated with this victory, undertook an expedi¬ 
tion again.d the king of Tremecen, who, being now de¬ 
prived of the abidance of the Spaniards, was forced to pro¬ 
cure a peace by paying a vad fum of money, and becoming 
tributary to him. The balhaw returned to Algiers, laden 
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with riches ; and- foon after died of a fever, In the fixty- 
fixth year of his age. 
From this time the Spaniards were never able to annoy 
the Algerines in any conliderable degree. In 1555, they 
lod the city of Bujeyah, which was taken by Salha Rais, 
Haffan’s fucceflor; who next year fet out on a new ex¬ 
pedition, whichjie kept a fecret, but was fufpe.fted to 
be intended againd Oran : but he was fcarcely got four 
leagues from Algiers, when the plague, which at that 
time raged violently in the city, broke out in his groin, 
and carried him off in twenty-four hours. 
Immediately after his death the Algerine foldiery chofe 
a Corfican renegado, Hadan Corfo, in his room, till they 
fnould receive farther orders from the Porte. He did not 
accept of the badiawdiip without a good deal of difficulty ; 
but immediately profecuted the intended expedition againd 
Oran, difpatching a meffenger to acquaint the Porte with 
what had happened. They had hardly begun their hofti- 
lities againd the place, when orders came from the Porte, 
exprcfsly forbidding Hadan Corfo to begin the dege, or, 
if he had begun it, enjoining him to raife it immediately. 
This news was received with great grief by the whole fleet 
and army, as they thought themfelves fure of fuccefs, the 
garrifon being at that time very weak. Nevertheless, as 
they dared not difobey, the dege was immediately railed. 
Corfo had hardly enjoyed his dignity four fnonlhs, be¬ 
fore news came, that eight galleys were bringing a new 
balhaw to Succeed him ; one Tekelli, a principal Turk of 
the Grand Signior’s court : upon which the Algerines 
unanimoudy refolved not to admit him. By the treachery 
of the Levantine foldiers, however, he was admitted at 
lad, and the unfortunate Corfo thrown over a wall in 
which a number of iron hooks were fixed ; one of which 
catching the ribs of his right fide, he hung three days in 
the mod exquifite torture before he expired. 
Tekelii was no fooner entered upon his new government, 
than he behaved with fuch cruelty and rapacioufnefs, that 
be was affaflinated under the very dome of a laint, by 
Yufef Calabre.s, the favourite renegado of Hadan Corfo ; 
'who for this fervice was unanimoudy chofeu badtaw, but 
died of the plague fix days after his eleflion. 
Yufef was Succeeded by Hadan the foil of Hayradin, 
who had been formerly recalled from his badiawdiip, when 
lie was lucceeded by Selha Rais ; and now had the good 
fortune to get liimfelf reinftated in his employment. Im¬ 
mediately on his arrival, he engaged in a war with the 
Arabs, by whom he was defeated with great lofs. The 
next year, the Spaniards undertook an expedition againft 
Moftagan, under the command of the count d’Alcandcla; 
but they were utterly defeated, the commander liimfelf 
killed, and 12,000 taken prifoners. This difafter w.as ow, 
ing to the inconfiderate radinefs, or rather m.adnefs, of the 
commander; which was fo great, that, after finding it 
impodible to rally his fcattered forces, he rallied, iwo.rd 
in hand, into the thickeft of the enemy’s rank?, at the 
head of a frnall number of men, crying out, “ St.Jago* 
St. Jago ! the viclory is our’s, the enemy is defeated;" 
foon after which he was thrown from his hprfe, and 
trampled to death. 
The next enterprife in which Ilaffan engaged, was thq 
fiege of Marfalquiver, lituated near the city Oran, which 
he defigned to inveft immediately after. The army em¬ 
ployed in this fiege confided of. 26,000 foot and 10,00a 
horfe, befides' which lie had a fleet conliftuig of thirty, 
two galleys and galliots, together with three French vei- 
feis laden with bifeuit, oil, and other provifions. The 
city was defended by Don Martin de Cordova, brother pf 
the count d’Alcandela, who had been taken prifoner i« 
the battle where that nobleman was killed, but had ob¬ 
tained liis liberty from the Algerines with imoieiife films, 
and now made a mod gallant defence againd the Turks. 
The city was attacked with the utrnpft fury by fea and. 
land, fo that feveral breaches were made in the walls. 
The Turkilli ffandards were leveral times planted on the 
wall*. 
