Tragic Week (Spain)
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The Tragic Week was a series of violent confrontations between the Spanish army and anarchists, freemasons, socialists and republicans of Barcelona and other cities in Catalonia, Spain, during the las
Suspects rounded up by the Civil Guard.
Barcelona during the Tragic Week.
Second Melillan campaign
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The Second Melillan campaign was a conflict in 1909 in northern Morocco around Melilla. The fighting involved local Riffians and the Spanish Army.
Tragic Week (Spain)
…troops by Premier Antonio Maura to be sent as reinforcements when Spain renewed military-colonial activity in Morocco on 9 July, in what is known as the Second Rif War. Many of these reservists were the only breadwinners for their families, while the wealthy were able to hire substitutes. The figureheads most associated…
Melilla and the Peñón de Alhucemas in 1909.