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Salamanca, battle of, 1812. In July 1812 the French, under Marshal Marmont, with 42,000 men manœuvred to cut
Wellington off from his base in Salamanca. Wellington, with 46,000 men, gave ground and appeared to retreat. On 22 July, 6 miles south of the city, Marmont sent his leading division to harass the British. However Wellington was already in position, quickly overcame the division, and then attacked Marmont's centre with a deadly rifle volley and bayonet charge. Marmont was wounded and the French were driven from the field with losses of 13,000. Wellington had destroyed the main French army in Spain and Joseph Bonaparte, the French puppet king, was forced to evacuate Madrid.
Richard A. Smith
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Salamanca style; City on plain thrives on legacy of learning, language, architecture.(TRAVEL)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 5/11/2002; 700+ words
; ...Richard Slusser, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Salamanca is a golden city on a silver road. The...it is rich in a rose-to-red gold. Salamanca is on the old Silver Route - the Romans...Spain" was published in 1906, called Salamanca "the Rose of the Desert." This year...
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Qué papelón: de Salamanca a Barcelona, pasando por la Audiencia Nacional: oídos los argumentos del Ministerio de Cultura y del Ayuntamiento de Salamanca en la vista oral, los papeles del Archivo esperan la resolución judicial. En Cataluña siguen pendientes de su llegada.(controversia por transferencia de documentos de Archivo Histórico de Guerra Civil a Cataluña)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 1/27/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...propietarios de los documentos del Archivo de Salamanca, que salieron el 19 de enero hacia una...los que -a peticin del Ayuntamiento de Salamanca-testificaron el martes pasado, en...recomendaciones de mantener unido el Archivo de Salamanca fueron desodas. Por activa y pasiva...
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Salamanca: Spain's historic university town takes its turn as a European Cultural Capital. (Travel & Culture).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Europe; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...and gazing northeast toward the city of Salamanca, just across the water, one spies a...offers a charming visual introduction to Salamanca, which this year hosts some 800 events...just a few hours drive from Madrid, Salamanca is home to one of Spain's most important...
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El alcalde de Salamanca, en pie de guerra: Julián Lanzarote se prepara para lo peor: el desmantelamiento del Archivo Histórico de Salamanca. El político dice tener ases en la manga.
Magazine article from: Epoca; 4/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; LA guerra entre el PP de Salamanca y el Gobierno por el Archivo Histrico...Guerra Civil. El alcalde popular de Salamanca, Julin Lanzarote, se prepara para...pasado 18 de mayo, el alcalde de Salamanca ha consultado con abogados, tcnicos...
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Rumbo a los acontecimientos salamanca.(Salamanca, España)(TT: Salamanca's celebration.)(TA: Salamanca, Spain)(Artículo Breve)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 12/28/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...cultura. A lo largo del ao 2002 y ms all, Salamanca ahonda en el Barroco y apuesta por lo...exposiciones y estrenos mundiales. Salamanca es, junto con Brujas, la capital cultural...le llega el turno al Centro de Arte de Salamanca (CASA), ubicado en la vieja crcel...
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City of Knowledge - Salamanca's Intellectual Heritage.
Magazine article from: World and I; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...The Plaza Mayor in the medieval city of Salamanca is widely considered the most beautiful...hours on a recent Saturday morning. For Salamanca, a city of 170,000 residents, is...the city's cultural life. In 1988 Salamanca was named a UNESCO World Heritage site...
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Magic and Mystery of Salamanca.(Travel)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 9/29/2008; 700+ words
; ...oldest University, the Universidad de Salamanca. It is the world's fourth oldest university...presence of University students gives Salamanca a young and vibrant spirit. Students...learn Spanish prefer to study here since Salamanca's inhabitants are said to speak the...
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Mawson Acquires New Uranium Projects in Salamanca, Spain.
PR Newswire Europe; 5/10/2007; 700+ words
; ...exploration claims totaling 11,400 hectares in the Salamanca uranium mining district of Western Spain. The ground...The central exploration area, held as claims Salamanca 2 and Salamanca 3, consists of 3,153 hectares immediately adjacent...
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El archivo de la discordia: la unidad del archivo de Salamanca corre peligro tras la resolución apoyada por el PSOE en el congreso.(Archivo sobre la Guerra Civil; gobierno socialista propone regresar algunos documentos a Cataluña)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 7/9/2004; ; 700+ words
; EL Archivo sobre la Guerra Civil de Salamanca dispone de 3.000 metros de estanteras...Juan Vicente Herrera y el alcalde de Salamanca, Julin Lanzarote, han encabezado una...republicana, depositados en el Archivo de Salamanca, en el plazo mximo de seis meses. Una...
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Salamanca, filigranas, charras, botos camperos, obleas, farianatos y cencerros. (España)(TT: Salamanca, filigrees, Salamancan women, rustic boots, chips, hearty breakfasts and cowbells. (Spain))
Magazine article from: Tribuna de Actualidad; 3/24/1997; ; 700+ words
; Toda la provincia de Salamanca es maestra en filigranas: sea la...pueblecito situado a 60 kilmetros de Salamanca, con 440 habitantes, donde se levanta...relativamente moderno. La provincia de Salamanca es un autntico lujo, no slo por sus...
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Salamanca
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Salamanca , city (1990 pop. 206,275), Guanajuato state, W central Mexico. Chiefly an oil center, it also...between liberals and conservatives in the 19th-century War of the Reform (see Mexico ) was fought at Salamanca.
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Salamanca, battle of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Salamanca, battle of, 1812. In July 1812 the French, under Marshal Marmont, with 42,000 men manœuvred to cut Wellington off from his base in Salamanca. Wellington, with 46,000 men, gave ground and appeared to retreat...
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Salamanca, School of
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
SALAMANCA, SCHOOL OF SALAMANCA, SCHOOL OF. A group of sixteenth-century Spanish moral theologians...sometimes called the Neoscholastics, centered at the universities of Salamanca and Alcal á de Henares. Largely members of the two most...
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University of Salamanca
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
University of Salamanca at Salamanca, Spain; founded 1218 by Alfonso IX of León, reorganized 1254 by Alfonso X of Castile and León. It has faculties of philosophy, philology, geography and history, sciences, economic...
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Ciruelo, Pedro
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...Ciruelo ( b . Daroca, Spain, 1470; d . Salamanca [?], Spain, 1554), mathematics...philosophy . Ciruelo learned logic and arts at Salamanca during the latter part of the fifteenth...He transferred to the University of Salamanca some time after this; his first work...
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