Espartero
Americannoun
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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
For eight years Espartero distinguished himself in the struggle against the colonists.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
Espartero was soon at his heels, and obliged him to hurry northwards, after several defeats.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
Gradually reduced by Espartero to about fifty thousand men, its numbers were doubled by a decree of Narvaez, who felt that so small a force was insufficient to support him in his tyrannical rule.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various
For Cabrera had barely escaped from a strong force under Espartero near the walls of Madrid itself, by showing the cleanest of heels possible.
From The Firebrand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
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