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Hi everyone,

So, I've been doing some research on the Portuguese Siege of Tangers in 1437 and a few things bug me.

First, the numbers I get for the Moroccan army are near a million men, which is ludacris. Speaking with John, we thought it might be closer to 100.000 men, which is the number I have for the first relief army.

But what really bugs me is that, even though the Arabic army is at least 50.000 men if we're being more than ultra conservative with the estimate, that's still 10 times the size of the Portuguese expedition which was badly prepared and only had half the men it should have had, and very little artillery.

And yet, the Portuguese, despite holding the siege and being attacked by that relief army, managed to hold for quite a few days, and a Portuguese charge even broke the Moroccans on the 3rd of October.

So, why is that? Is it just the strength of heavy cavalry? Didn't the Moroccans have anything that could defend against it? Why, despite that massive imbalance, were the Portuguese able to hold for that long?
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