Falange Española Falange Española Falange Española (FE) (English: Spanish Phalanx) was a Spanish political organization of fascist inspiration active in 1933 and 1934. It was created on 29 October 1933 as successor of the Movimiento Español Sindicalista (MES), a similar organization founded earlier in 1933. The foundational meeting took place in La Comedia theatre of Madrid and was conducted by José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Julio Ruiz de Alda and Alfonso García Valdecasas. In February 1934 after the bad results at the ballots in the 1933 election, José Antonio Primo de Rivera suggested a fusion of Falange Española with the Ramiro Ledesma's
Fernando Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja of the river Igan resulted in the loss of most of the horses, the soldiers having to continue charging on foot. In the end, the Cavalry Hunter Regiment of Alcántara lost 28 of its 32 officers and 523 of its 685 troops in the battle. Primo de Rivera was killed during the siege of Monte-Arruit on the 6th of August having been wounded by an enemy grenade shell while observing the cannon fire from the parapet.(Rafael Fernández López, De instituto psiquiátrico "La milagrosa" a base Primo de Rivera, "Vulgo Manicomnio" 1926-2007, Madrid: Cultiva Libros, 2014, 173, 9788416073825) His arm had