MOROCCO RIF WAR

The military directorate president, Miguel Primo de Rivera (in the center, with the Isabel II barrack hat and a cigar in the hand) poses with the military commands during the first operative phase of the Alhucemas landing. Among other commands there are: Air Force General, Jorge Soriano (2ndr), Division General José Sanjurjo (with Primo de Rivera, with the hands in his back) Brigade General Leopoldo Saro (5thr, with a broad brimmed soft hat). Among them is also a French Chief of Staff Officer. The image was taken over the deck of the "Alfonso XIII" battleship. (Undated image, September 1925).