Arsenio Linares y Pombo
Arsenio Linares | |
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| Born | 22 October 1848 Valencia, Province of Valencia, Spain |
| Died | 7 August 1914 (aged 65) Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain |
| Allegiance |  Spain |
| Service/ | Spanish Army |
| Years of service | 1868–1909 |
| Rank |  General de ejército |
| Battles/wars | Third Carlist War Spanish–American War
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Arsenio Linares y Pombo (22 October 1848 – 7 August 1914) was a Spanish military officer and government official. Born in
Valencia, he earned the rank of lieutenant in 1868 and participated in operations against rebellions in Cuba, and in the Carlist Wars on mainland Spain putting down rebellions by Basque separatists.[1] He occupied posts in the Philippines, Madrid, and Melilla, and later returned to Cuba. Linares described himself as passionately loyal to King Alfonso XIII. He was an antisemite and a white supremacist, in his memoirs (published 1906) he made numerous disparaging remarks about Jewish people as well as people of African descent.[2] Ideologically Linares said he was opposed to democracy, which he believed was a "flawed idea." On this basis he supported the coup d'état led by Arsenio Martínez Campos to overthrow the First Spanish Republic and restore the monarchy.[2]
He organized the defense of
point-blank
rifle volleying when they went below the Spanish soldiers lines of observation.
After the Battle of San Juan Hill Pombo wrote to his commander: "The situation is fatal; surrender inevitable; we are only prolonging the agony; the sacrifice is useless."[3]
He was named Minister of War in 1900 by Prime Minister
in 1914.References
- ^ San Juan Hill 1898: America's Emergence as a World Power, by Angus Konstam pg.
- ^ a b Discurso pronunciado por ... Arsenio Linares Pombo en la sesión del Senado del día 7 de febrero de 1906 consumiendo el primer turno en contra de la totalidad del dictamen sobre el Proyecto de ley de represión de los delitos contra la Patria y el Ejército by Arsenio Linares y Pombo, 1906
- ^ The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Warfare: From Ancient Egypt to Iraq, by DK pg. 453
Sources
- (in Spanish) Arsenio Linares y Pombo
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