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Algeciras Conference
The Algeciras Act was signed on April 7, 1906 by the representatives of Spain, Germany, France and the United Kingdom. According to this act, Spain acquires obligations, together with France, to exercise a protectorate in the area of Morocco. France has the southern protectorate and Spain the north, for which it is designated as Spanish Morocco. -
Colonisation of Morocco
In 1912 the Spanish protectorate was established in Morocco. It is actually a kind of subprotectoratemit is a transfer to Spain by France. France gives Spain the administration of 5% of the Moroccan territory to the north, which includes the mountainous region of the Rif. -
First Attacks
A rebel focus appeared in Yebala, where Tetouan is located, the capital of the protectorate organized by Ahmed al-Raisuni -
Appointment of Silvestre
General Manuel Fernández Silvestre is appointed to command the General Command of Melilla he was obsessed with the conquest of the Alhucemas -
New Conquests
Alberto Castro Girona achieves the power of Chauen, a sacred city very close to the border with the French protectorate General Silvestre completes a new advance in line, occupying the Sidi Dris beach, located at the mouth of the Uad Kebir, today known as the Amekran River -
Disaster of Annual
1921 Silvestre, from the Annual camp, orders to occupy the position of Monte Abarrán, heart of the Kabyle of Tensanamí, the last barrier to reach Alhucemas.A few days later, the Spanish soldiers went to Mount Igueriben to defend Annual's camp. The Rif people began to attack them and 300 soldiers died. After, the Rif people go to Annual, which is put under siege. Persecued by the Rif people, the thirteen thousand soldiers of Annual are killed. -
Primo de Rivera Dictatorship
On September 13, 1923, Captain General Miguel Primo de Rivera rebelled against his command and against the government, with the support of the king. The dictatorship that he established had as one of its main objectives to end the war in Africa. But he consolidated the Spanish presence in Morocco through a great military victory, the landing of Alhucemas. -
Battle of Ouarga
From mid-1924, France intervened in the conflict, militarily occupying the northern part of its area. Until the battle of Ouarga created with the aim of taking Fez. Troops were mobilized to stop the offensive and attack the Rif people. Likewise, the French authorities signed with the Spanish the Madrid agreements on the Rif to coordinate the fight against the rebels in the Rif. -
Landing of Alhucemas
The landing of Alhucemas was a military landing carried out on September 8, 1925 in Alhucemas by the Spanish Army and Navy and, to a lesser extent, a French allied contingent, which would lead to the definitive Allied victory, and the end of the War. of the Rif. For a landing of 13,000 Spanish soldiers transported from Ceuta and Melilla by the Spanish-French army. -
Expedient Picasso
The Minister of War ordered the creation of an investigation, directed by General Juan Picasso, who created the report known as the Picasso File, in which multiple military errors were pointed out, due to the obstructive action of some ministers and judges. Even of the king, who had encouraged the irresponsible orders to General Silvestre to atack points far from Melilla without having an adequate defense.