The initial intention was to transport the Army of Africa to mainland Spain by sea.
Cádiz was taken for the rebels with the help of the first troops from the Army of Africa.
Before long the professional Army of Africa took much of the south and west under the control of the rebels.
Accordingly, much reliance came to be placed on the few professional units comprising Spain's Army of Africa.
In 1916 he earned his commission as a lieutenant, volunteering to fight in the Spanish Army of Africa.
The key to its resolution lay in the Army of Africa.
The German air force was used to carry the Army of Africa to Spain.
The numbers of the Army of Africa doubled in the course of the war to about 60,000.
He decided to join the rebels and was given the task of commanding the Army of Africa.
He served as paymaster to the Army of Africa through several campaigns in Algeria from 1844 to 1848.