Battle of Annual
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The Battle of Annual was fought on 22 July 1921 at Annual, in northeastern Morocco, between the Spanish Army and Riffian Berbers during the Rif War. The Spanish suffered a major military defeat, which
2013 painting of the battle by Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau
Diorama representing the siege of the Spanish fortified position at Igueriben
General Silvestre and staff 1921
Spanish officers inspecting the remains of the garrison at Monte Arruit in January 1922
Manuel Fernández Silvestre
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Manuel Fernández Silvestre was a Spanish general.
Battle of Annual
…colonial policy toward the Rif as the entire Spanish colonial enterprise was at one point threatened. In early 1921, Spanish forces commanded by General Manuel Fernández Silvestre started an offensive into northeastern Morocco from the coastal regions that they already held. The advance took place without extended lines of…
Photograph by Kaulak
General Silvestre with other senior officers of the Spanish Armed Forces.