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    Valencia 18 Saguntum 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 Lérida 8 7 6 5 María 4 3 2 1    In the siege of Lérida from 29 April to 13 May 1810, an Imperial French...
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    The Bombardment of Almería was a naval action which took place on 31 May 1937, during the Spanish Civil War. The Kriegsmarine bombed the city of Almería...
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    was not cowed into surrender, and the aerial bombardment of civilians, one of the first in the history of warfare, was heavily criticised by foreign journalists...
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    German involvement in the Spanish Civil War (category Military of Nazi Germany)
    outdated Basque section (Escuadrilla vasca) of the Spanish Republican Air Force. Heavy aerial bombardment from 200 Nationalist, German and Italian aircraft...
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  • Louis François Félix Musnier (category French Republican military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars)
    of Lérida on the night of 22 April. The next morning, Miguel Ibarrola Gonzáles encountered Jean Isidore Harispe's small covering force east of Lérida...
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    Pierre-Joseph Habert (category Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour)
    string of almost unbroken successes followed. Though only a general of brigade he was named to lead Suchet's 3rd Division in actions at Lerida, Tortosa...
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  • Guernica (Picasso) (category Bombing of Guernica)
    day, and many of its inhabitants were congregated in the center of town. When the main bombardment began the roads were already full of debris and the...
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    XYZ Line (category Fortifications of the Spanish Civil War)
    defenses were built to withstand bombardment by either heavy artillery or 1,000-pound aerial bombs. Following the success of the Aragon Offensive resulting...
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    by the Nationalists. In the course of the fighting, Teruel was subjected to heavy artillery and aerial bombardment. In the two-month battle, both factions...
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    Republicans controlled most of Toledo and sought the surrender of the Alcázar by artillery bombardment. For the duration of the siege, the Nationalists...
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    chronological list of the battles involving France in modern history. These lists do not include the battles of the French civil wars (as the Wars of Religion,...
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    This is a chronological list of battles involving the Kingdom of France (987–1792). For pre-987 battles, see List of battles involving the Franks and...
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  • list of wars and armed conflicts fought by the Kingdom of Spain, its predecessor states or in Spanish territory. Military history of Spain List of Spanish...
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  • time and troops. After several days of shelling and bombardment, Nationalists stormed the fortified border city of Badajoz on August 14, 1936, cutting...
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    breaking the Republican navy's blockade of Nationalist-held Spanish Morocco and took part in naval bombardment of Republican-held Málaga, Valencia, and...
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    remainder of the garrison was made up of the Berga, Figueras, Igualada, and Lérida Tercios, which were formations of miquelets. Providing naval support was...
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    objective... The object of the bombardment was seemingly the demoralisation of the civil population and the destruction of the cradle of the Basque race." Steer...
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    unable to take advantage of the withdrawal. For the rest of that day and the next, waves of bombings and artillery bombardment were each followed by a...
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    Andalusia campaign (category Battles of the Spanish Civil War)
    took the Huelva town of La Palma del Condado, after a brief bombardment. From Huelva the republican authorities organized a column of miners and civil guards...
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  • Succession Siege of Lérida (1707) – War of the Spanish Succession Siege of Morella (1707) – War of the Spanish Succession Siege of Oran (1707–1708) –...
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    including the local Nationalist HQ at Navalcarnero. Immediately after the bombardment, the Republican 11th Division commanded by Líster advanced 8 kilometres...
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    attack began on March 7, 1938, preceded by a heavy artillery and aerial bombardment. At 6:30 a.m., three Nationalist armies attacked the Republican line...
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    breached by an infantry assault supported by heavy air and artillery bombardment (150 guns and 70 bombers). On 12 June, the Spanish Republican Army launched...
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    Blanques (Lérida). And in January 1889 the Agrarian League held its II Assembly. At the head of the Agrarian League was Germán Gamazo, Minister of Overseas...
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    Italian forces on the Nationalist side launched heavy artillery and air bombardments and began the assault on the XI International Brigade without success...
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    War in the North (category Battles of the Spanish Civil War)
    continued their offensive and occupied Elgeta after a heavy artillery bombardment. The same day, the Legion Condor bombed Guernica. The Basques retreated...
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    enemy positions in what became a war of attrition. The Nationalist tactic was to use artillery and aerial bombardment in small areas to soften resistance...
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    Biscay Campaign (category Battles of the Spanish Civil War)
    Navarrese occupied the town on 4 April, after heavy combats and aerial bombardment. The Basque troops left 400 deaths and 600 prisoners. Then Mola decided...
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    1936 in the Spanish Civil War (category Chronology of the Spanish Civil War)
    Majorca begins: The Spanish Republican Army lands on the coast of Majorca under heavy bombardment by Italian planes. Captain Alberto Bayo establishes a small...
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    July 1936 coup d'état in Granada (category Battles of the Spanish Civil War)
    morning of July 23 the bombardment on the Albaicín intensified. By then the Republican workers and/or militiamen had suffered a high number of casualties...
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