Melilla, a Spanish 'Presidio' (q.v.) and convict station on the coast of Morocco, 8 miles SE. of Cape Tres Forcas, defended not without mishap and difficulty against the Berbers of the Riff in 1893. It has been held by Spain since 1496.
Melilla
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 126
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