Espartero
Americannoun
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General Espartero at this time was a man of forty-five.
From The Firebrand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
His military duties at the head of the principal national army did not prevent Espartero from showing for the first time his political ambition.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
Espartero soon, however, in 1840, stamped out the last embers of the rising, which had lasted seven years.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
Espartero crushed with much energy a revolutionary rising in Barcelona, but on his return to Madrid was so coldly welcomed that he perceived that his prestige was on the wane.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
We had already passed through Vergara, where, in 1839, Espartero ended the first Carlist war by a treaty which compelled the Basques to lay down their arms.
From Spanish Highways and Byways by Katharine Lee Bates
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