Manuel Fernández Silvestre
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Manuel Fernández Silvestre was a Spanish general.
Photograph by Kaulak
General Silvestre with other senior officers of the Spanish Armed Forces.
General Silvestre offers protection to a Moroccan child.
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
Manuel Fernández Silvestre
…of Melilla from 1920 to 1921. Afterward he commanded all Spanish armies in Africa during the opening phase of the Rif War in which his forces suffered a massive and disastrous defeat at Annual. With the battle lost, Silvestre was either killed or committed suicide on July 22, 1921. This is considered one of the worst defeats ever suffered by…
2013 painting of the battle by Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau
Diorama representing the siege of the Spanish fortified position at Igueriben
Spanish officers inspecting the remains of the garrison at Monte Arruit in January 1922