Word: ajdir
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Spanish operations against the Riffs became notably spectacular when several Spanish battalions made a dash in motor trucks southeastward from Ajdir, covered some 20 miles across the plain, and established themselves at Syan on the east Moroccan front. Thus they linked up with their allies the French forces, which have advanced into that region from Kifane, and apparently the Spanish thrust came as a complete surprise to both French and Riffians. If the move is consolidated into a strong series of military positions, it may well forestill the possibility of French forces attempting to operate in the so-called Spanish...
Last week the sheetlets of Madrid exploded into scareheads. "SPANIARDS CAPTURE AJDIR, CAPITAL OF ABD-EL-KRIM," they trumpeted. To the heads of Spanish patriots rushed a hot, sweet surge of triumph...
...window of his palace appeared King Alfonso, to receive a frenzied ovation from his people. The roars of shirtless .peons and the cheers of hidalgos forgetful of their dignity drowned his Majesty's words in praise of General Primo de Rivera, "the Conqueror of Ajdir...
...cuts across the territory of Abd-el-Krim,* from Alhucemas on the Mediterranean to Kifane on the western war frontier. Roughly the Spanish and the French decided last week to pinch together their forces along this meridian; pinched and pinched until their armies stood but 40 miles apart, with Ajdir, the capital of Abd-el-Krim between them...
...last week saw plenty of fighting in Morocco. Along the northern concave side of the sausage which is Mediterranean Coast, the Spanish made a landing and bit out a little piece of enemy territory near Ajdir. The troops were embarked at Melilla to the east and cruised along the Riff coast for two days with convoying battleships, both French and Spanish, shelling enemy works. After two feints, one morning the battleship Paris steamed into Alhucemas Bay and began to shell the Riff positions at the main beach. For four hours the bombardment with 12½-in. guns continued. The Riffs...