Pineapples by the riverside

 It is a bit of a day to wander amid fields and leave the N-II behind.  The Ebo continues to roll down towards the sea. The roads run in both directions.


When the Generals Coup sparked off the Spanish Civil War the traitorous General Miguel Cabanellas helped seize Zaragoza for the rebels.  It became a key target for the Republican forces.  In August 1937 the Army of the East, under General Pozas, sent 80,000 men up the valley to seize the city.



We are currently opposite Fuentes del Ebro. General Lister’s 11th Division was ordered  to take the fortified town of Fuentes del Ebro in order to open the road to Zaragoza. Forty-eight BT-5 tanks carrying Spanish troops would supported by the troops of the XV International Brigade. Nevertheless, the attack was ill-planned. The tanks were not suited to carrying troops, very little reconnaissance was carried out, there was virtually no artillery preparation an d the tanks became bogged down in the mud. The attack failed and the republican army lost 19 of its 48 tanks and more than 300 men.




We end the day entering Pina de Ebro.  The place has about 2500 people live here - and has since the 1880s. Pina was occupied by Christians in 1127.  The place was occupied in 1936 by the archon-syndicalist Durutti Column.  We have, alas, missed On February 3,, the feast of San Blas, a dance is dedicated to the saint. This dance is one of the oldest in the province of Zaragoza, dating back to the  16th century 



The town has a website.  https://pinadeebro.org/ They have jobs.  If you fancy one,  Limpieza Servicios Integrales Cuarte needs a person to replace a worker who is on sick leave in the cleaning sector. The company is located in the Pina de Ebro Industrial Estate. The contract would be for 20 hours per week, from Monday to Friday.  Ask for Maria Carmen at 658677075

As befits a town called Pineapple, it has three of them on its coat of arms - which it got in 2004.



Tomorrow, more Ebro based mischief.


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