Qualla: Battle of Cape Cherchell https://qualla.com/battle-of-cape-cherchell en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:30 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/9/9/battle-of-cape-cherchell-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Cape Cherchell https://qualla.com/battle-of-cape-cherchell Battle of Cape Cherchell: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-cape-cherchell/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. On the morning of September 7, 1937, the Nationalist heavy cruiser Baleares was patrolling the Mediterranean along the coast of French Algeria when she stumbled into a fight she could not win. Thirty nautical miles north of Cherchell, nine Republican warships -- two light cruisers and seven destroyers -- were escorting a pair of merchant vessels loaded with Soviet supplies back to Spain. What followed was a naval engagement that both sides could reasonably claim as a victory, and that cost the Republican Navy's commander his job.

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/9/9/battle-of-cape-cherchell-wp/sn99-battle-of-cape-cherchell-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Cape Cherchell: Caught Between the Convoy and the Coast https://qualla.com/battle-of-cape-cherchell/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. Baleares found herself in a dangerous position, trapped between the Republican convoy and the Algerian shore. Captain Manuel Vierna Belando ordered a course change to the northeast, angling toward the rear of the convoy rather than driving into its center. The Republican merchant...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/9/9/battle-of-cape-cherchell-wp/sn99-battle-of-cape-cherchell-two-rounds-of-gunfire.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Cape Cherchell: A Tactical Loss, a Strategic Win https://qualla.com/battle-of-cape-cherchell/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. By conventional measures, Baleares lost the battle. She took heavy damage while inflicting only superficial harm on the enemy warships. But the engagement's real purpose -- from the Nationalist perspective -- was disruption, not destruction. The two Republican merchant ships, fri...

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