Alhucemas Landing

On a Spanish cruiser, along with French battleships, seaplane carriers and cruisers, he heads to the coast of Alhucemas, 13,000 men against 9,000 Rifians and 14 artillery pieces, General Sanjurgo, the head of the division in the landing, along with the hero of Verdun, Philippe Pétain. In the early hours of September 8, 1925, the battleships reached the coast and began firing their cannons towards the beach, where the Rif forces had positioned their defenses. A few seaplanes had conducted aerial reconnaissance, confirming that the beach was mined and heavily defended. The Rif machine guns initially dominated, firing at the cruisers and battleships. The rough seas prevented the French Renault FT-17 tanks from landing. The cruisers approached the beach, and Legionnaires, Regulares, and Harqueños, among whom you were, launched an attack with their chests exposed. Most of your comrades shouted, "To me, the Legion!" They began to assault Alhucemas beach.