Pampeluna
Americannoun
noun
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At the siege of Pampeluna in 1521, a French cannon ball whizzed between the legs of a Basque knight named ��igo de O�ez y Loyola, breaking his right shin and tearing his left calf.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ignatius Loyola was a Spanish gentleman who was dangerously wounded at the siege of Pampeluna.
From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various
Childebert also made a series of expeditions against the Visigoths of Spain; in 542 he took possession of Pampeluna with the help of his brother Clotaire I., and besieged Saragossa, but was forced to retreat.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
He died at Olite on the 8th of September 1425 and was buried at Pampeluna.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various
General Nouvilas, instead of going forward next day, returned to Pampeluna to indite a despatch in which he directly commends his own four sons, and indirectly praises himself.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by O'Shea, John Augustus
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