A sangre y fuego! La intervención de los artilleros canarios en Marruecos tras el desastre de Annual (1921-1923)

Abstract

In summer 1921 thousand of Spanish soldiers died in Annual. The impact news of the press about wild methods of the inhabitants of Riff and the activity of the Army in Africa were the protagonist of the spanish public opinion. For this reason, the troops of the Canary Islands were required to participate in the so-called Campaign of Yebala, in the Moroccan North. The canarian artillery men played an important role in this period, which is analyzed through the testimony of Ramon de Ascanio and León Huerta and Jose Batllori Lorenzo. The social repercussion of their actions and the involvement of the Canarian society in support of the displaced soldiers are reflected in this communication.