This memorable action of the English cavalry is remembered for the three charges that the 4th Squadron of 21 Regiment of Cazadores, called "de Alfonso XII, held on September 20, 1909 in Taxdirt, place nestled in the Rif, near Melilla, in military operations after the English defeat of the Barranco del Lobo, during the war with Morocco.
That day, an infantry brigade did not participate in the main action was harassed by 1500 "Moors" of the Kabyle of Beni Sychar.
One of the battalions of the brigade, namely Catalonia, the retreat began under heavy harassment from the Rif, putting him in a situation complicated. Tovar
General in command of the force, chose to send, to help the English battalion, the only force available Cavalry: Regiment squadron Alfonso XII.
In front of the 80 riders who composed it stood, the assistant general Tovar, Lt. Col. José Cavalcanti, who sent three consecutive load up against the 1500 tribesmen, neglecting numerical inequality.
The action of the hunters, something completely unexpected by the enemy, was a complete success because it allowed the withdrawal of the infantry and forced Rif to give the entire line.
only in the third charge involved 20 riders, and the rest had fallen, was dismantled or pursuing the enemy.
Low Alfonso XII squad were 25 men and for the courage shown in battle, both Cavalcanti as the banner of the Regiment received the Laureate Cross of San Fernando, English highest military decoration.
glorious Despite the burden that I just described, little literature has been written about it, and it is curious to see how today are more famous actions that ended in defeat as of "hunters Drius Dar Alcantara (1921) " or the terrible and sad disasters " Barranco del Lobo (1909) ", "Mount Arruit (1921) " or " Annual (1921 ) . " It is certainly our personal idiosyncrasies that English, unlike whites, has always made us magnify the defeats and victories sadly neglected.
Dolphin Taxdirt
Salas In our days, is grateful that artists like Dolphin Chambers, Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau and Angel Garcia Pinto on the canvas no longer witness the match, while a humble servant also wanted to leave their small grain of sand with miniature composition here you can see. Hope you like it.
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