Post by account_disabled on Mar 9, 2024 22:45:44 GMT -8
This was intended to control the Sultanate, which was deeply indebted to European countries, and at the same time satisfy some of the demands of Kaiser William II, its main creditor, who did not view favorably the growing French interventionism in the north. of Africa (this last circumstance would lead in 1911 to the Second Moroccan Crisis, with the sending of the German gunboat SMS Panther to Agadir). In 1912, Sultan Abd al-Hafid suffered a series of internal revolts and definitively ceded the sovereignty of Morocco to France, which in turn shared it with Spain, thus creating the French protectorate (to the south) and the Spanish protectorate (to the north).
The Spanish protectorate of Morocco was divided into five regions with its capital in Tetouan. The Spanish presence in the territory served to carry out an incipient modernization of the sultanate, laying out the first roads and railways. Although the always rebellious tribes of the Rif (who only accepted the religious power of the sultan but not B2B Email List the political one) soon formed a common block against the foreign occupation of their territory, giving rise to the so-called Rif War , which would last until 1927. The evacuation takes place in steps, always defended by garrisons who guard the road from advanced positions raised on the hills and who abandon their posts once the column has crossed safely. The last to leave Cheruta has been the troops of General Serrano Orive , who has just paid with his life for the successful evacuation of all the forces from this camp. And the Kabyles of Cheruta, Chauén and Dar-Acoba have united and pursue the soldiers at a certain distance, shooting at them from time to time, without haste, as if they were a pack of wolves that move along the cliffs and hills.
The time has come to go back in time to narrate one of the least known episodes of the African conflict, which involves the embodiment of the ideals of the most iconic contemporary force of the Spanish army, created precisely to fight in this war, and which It is none other than the Legion : This Wednesday, November 19, 1924, he woke up cold and wet. The rain falls with force and anger on the enormous column of Spanish soldiers that barely travels the more than 40 kilometers that separate Cheruta from Tetouan. They are withdrawing to reorganize the battle front of the Ceuta Military Command and thus reduce the number of forces in combat in the war against the Riffians.
The Spanish protectorate of Morocco was divided into five regions with its capital in Tetouan. The Spanish presence in the territory served to carry out an incipient modernization of the sultanate, laying out the first roads and railways. Although the always rebellious tribes of the Rif (who only accepted the religious power of the sultan but not B2B Email List the political one) soon formed a common block against the foreign occupation of their territory, giving rise to the so-called Rif War , which would last until 1927. The evacuation takes place in steps, always defended by garrisons who guard the road from advanced positions raised on the hills and who abandon their posts once the column has crossed safely. The last to leave Cheruta has been the troops of General Serrano Orive , who has just paid with his life for the successful evacuation of all the forces from this camp. And the Kabyles of Cheruta, Chauén and Dar-Acoba have united and pursue the soldiers at a certain distance, shooting at them from time to time, without haste, as if they were a pack of wolves that move along the cliffs and hills.
The time has come to go back in time to narrate one of the least known episodes of the African conflict, which involves the embodiment of the ideals of the most iconic contemporary force of the Spanish army, created precisely to fight in this war, and which It is none other than the Legion : This Wednesday, November 19, 1924, he woke up cold and wet. The rain falls with force and anger on the enormous column of Spanish soldiers that barely travels the more than 40 kilometers that separate Cheruta from Tetouan. They are withdrawing to reorganize the battle front of the Ceuta Military Command and thus reduce the number of forces in combat in the war against the Riffians.