Collins, W. W. (William Wiehe), b. 1862 · London : Heinemann; New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 344
reached theplains of Aragon than he was recalled to quell arising in his own dominions. His back turned,and he being presumably in retreat, the ungratefulpeople, eager for plunder, followed and inflicted onhis rearguard a terrible defeat in the most famousPyrenean Pass, the Pass of Roncesvalles, a… … . I SARAGOSSA in 1118 recovered it from the Moor after a longsiege, and Moslem rule was ended. Saragossa is best known in the annals of itswarfare for the heroic defence, immortalised byByron, in the war with France. In the monthof May 1808, the invader was close at hand,and the citizens organised…
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