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Prim 's men marched enraged by a speech from him, who on the nd had told them, pointing to the enemy: "I want those cannons to be for the soldiers I command!", and they were determined to fulfill his wishes, spurred on by a second order, in the middle of combat: «Go ahead, do not let the III [Corps, of Lieutenant General Ros de Olano, anticipate you; In the battle of Tetouan, Prim commanded the II Corps! The bands sound the general attack order in unison and the army launches into the decisive race, almost at the same time that, already at close range of the rifle, the parapets of the Moroccans, who had observed notable discipline, light up with the shots from the espingardas. It is then that those of Isabel II begin to suffer significant casualties, which do not deter them. Ros's men do not encounter any great difficulties. They have overwhelmed the enemy's fortifications on the left, and have no other obstacle before them other than their own adversaries, whom they easily put to flight with a bayonet charge, entering their camp. Battle of Tetouan map African War Map of the Battle of Tetouan, included in the book Spanish, to Morocco! The African War - , by Julio Albi de la Cuesta.
In the Prim sector, however, everything is more complicated. First, you have to wade through a marshy area, "like a rice field", covered with grass and flowers that existed there, in front of the parapets. The soldiers sink into it up to their knees, offering an easy target to the Moroccans and their cannons, who "fired at point-blank range two or three shots of shrapnel at the Catalan Volunteers, at the Cazadores de Alba de Tormes and at B2B Email List another battalion that did not memory". It was the st Savoy, from the II Brigade of the st Division, which is now all on the front line. Only one hit on the grenadier company knocked out a lieutenant, all sergeants and men. Shortly before, his captain had told Prim: "My general, get this guerrilla out of my way," so that she could launch the assault, which he did, despite the casualties. The discharge frightens Yriarte's horse, which rears up and causes him to fall into the "mud, thick and whitish like milk", with a "foul and foul smell", from which with difficulty, helping each other, they extract the bones. soldiers, to continue the attack; "several, who were charging with the bayonet, remained standing for some moments and as if stuck in the mud, after having received bullets in the chest and even in the head that were necessarily fatal.
Someone who passed by later would speak of "bloody mud." The unit's historian assures of the Catalans that "our soldiers did not know how to react until Prim, who was in the rear, took the lead and encouraged them to continue advancing." The battalion's bartenders, who had accompanied him, "had to ask for help from others" to be able to get out of the mud. In reality, all those who found themselves in the distressing situation needed "others' help," while at the same time providing it to others. It was an every man for himself, but to attack, not to retreat. As for the Volunteers, throwing novices into that hell, making them endure artillery fire in close formation, then entering a swamp and then leaving it to assault an entrenched field, is something that defies all logic, except politics. The amazing thing is that they didn't run. First Catalan Volunteers The Battle of Tetouan The African War Julio Albi Painting representing General Prim and the Catalan Volunteers during the Battle of Tetouan, oil painting by Francesc Sans i Cabot (-), Prim Hall of the Army Headquarters, Buenavista Palace, Madrid.
In the Prim sector, however, everything is more complicated. First, you have to wade through a marshy area, "like a rice field", covered with grass and flowers that existed there, in front of the parapets. The soldiers sink into it up to their knees, offering an easy target to the Moroccans and their cannons, who "fired at point-blank range two or three shots of shrapnel at the Catalan Volunteers, at the Cazadores de Alba de Tormes and at B2B Email List another battalion that did not memory". It was the st Savoy, from the II Brigade of the st Division, which is now all on the front line. Only one hit on the grenadier company knocked out a lieutenant, all sergeants and men. Shortly before, his captain had told Prim: "My general, get this guerrilla out of my way," so that she could launch the assault, which he did, despite the casualties. The discharge frightens Yriarte's horse, which rears up and causes him to fall into the "mud, thick and whitish like milk", with a "foul and foul smell", from which with difficulty, helping each other, they extract the bones. soldiers, to continue the attack; "several, who were charging with the bayonet, remained standing for some moments and as if stuck in the mud, after having received bullets in the chest and even in the head that were necessarily fatal.
Someone who passed by later would speak of "bloody mud." The unit's historian assures of the Catalans that "our soldiers did not know how to react until Prim, who was in the rear, took the lead and encouraged them to continue advancing." The battalion's bartenders, who had accompanied him, "had to ask for help from others" to be able to get out of the mud. In reality, all those who found themselves in the distressing situation needed "others' help," while at the same time providing it to others. It was an every man for himself, but to attack, not to retreat. As for the Volunteers, throwing novices into that hell, making them endure artillery fire in close formation, then entering a swamp and then leaving it to assault an entrenched field, is something that defies all logic, except politics. The amazing thing is that they didn't run. First Catalan Volunteers The Battle of Tetouan The African War Julio Albi Painting representing General Prim and the Catalan Volunteers during the Battle of Tetouan, oil painting by Francesc Sans i Cabot (-), Prim Hall of the Army Headquarters, Buenavista Palace, Madrid.