Word: rivera
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...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...
Having inspected the Spanish land defenses, General Primo Rivera retired to the battleship Alfonso XIII, in Alhucemas Bay; and from thence issued peans of praise, in honor of General Saro and Fernandez Perez, who commanded the actual Spanish advance. Cried Primo, triumphant: "From now on there will be much war-If the rebels desire peace it will be they who ask for it. . . .Soon I shall be back in Madrid...
...sense discouraged or reduced the resistance of their enemies. A number of tribal desertions to the Riffians was also reported. Marshal Petain, his face bronzed by the African sun, landed at Ceuta, en route to Paris from the front (TIME, Aug. 3) conversed long and secretly with General Primo Rivera, head of the Spanish military directory. Later, the Marshal disembarked at Marseille. Said...
...convinced that it could batter the turbulent Riffs into submission. Consequently, it handled the statesmen and politicians in cavalier fashion, refusing haughtily all offers of help. "We shall meet again in Morocco," was the grim retort of ex-Premier Count Romanones, the Liberal leader. Subsequent events thoroughly disillusioned General Rivera and his colleagues. The Riffs proved stronger than was supposed; but General Rivera is at least an able soldier and his strategy was masterful. For months, he worked out a plan; and then the world was startled by the announcement that the Spanish forces in Morocco had retired...
...incensed the Spanish royalists that they issue challenges to duels at the rate of 200 a day. But Ibanez's fire, or rather his lunge, is not so easily drawn. With rolling eyes and teeth champing like castanets, he declares grandiloquently that only King Alphonso or Primo de Rivera may match rapiers with him. What could be more audacious than a novelist laying aside a vitriolic pen to challenge a crowned head of Europe? It is not likely that the pride of a Hapsburg-Bourbon will brook such an affront. Yet, even in this case, Ibanez has the long odds...