Cara al Sol Cara al Sol Cara al Sol ("") is the anthem of the Falange Española de las JONS. The lyrics were written in December 1935 and are usually credited to the leader of the Falange, José Antonio Primo de Rivera. The music was composed by Juan Tellería and Juan R. Buendia. The circumstances of its creation are unusual. The Falangists needed a stirring song of their own to counter the popular appeal of "El Himno de Riego" (the official anthem of the Second Spanish Republic) and "A las barricadas" (a very popular Anarchist song). To solve the problem, Primo de Rivera
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