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Title:
Battle of Peñacerrada. Charge by G[ene]ral Espartero with his escort and reg[imen]t of hussars, which is what decided the action
Document number:
640
Engraver:
Vallejo
Printer:
Litog[rafia] Nueva, C[all]e Caballero de Gracia 22 y Cedaceros 10, Madrid
Book/ Album / Dossier:
Galería militar contemporánea, colección de biografías y retratos de los Generales que más celebridad han conseguido en los ejércitos liberal y carlista, durante la última guerra civil, con una descripción particular y detallada de las campañas del norte y Cataluña
Format date:
1846
Topic date:
1838
Physical description:
1 11 x 18 cm engraving on a 15 x 23 cm page
Notes:
"Then once General Espartero was placed at the head of the Hussar marksmen, his escort and headquarters, he ordered a fresh charge against those who were trying to charge against them and in this way the action was a hand-to-hand combat [...] in which the constitutional forces were more fortunate. The Carlist cavalry was defeated [...] until they withdrew to [...] their entrenchments
Subjects:
History-Wars-Battles
History-Wars-1st Carlist War (1833-1840)
Trades-Soldiers
Materia personajes:
Espartero, Baldomero
Place names:
Peñacerrada - Araba
Signature:
ZM : G,3 - TOMO II - PAG. 286 - PAG. 287
Location:
Museo Zumalakarregi Museoa
2013 Department of Culture, Youth and Sport - Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa