Vitoria, battle of
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Vitoria, battle of, 1813. Decisive battle of the Peninsular War between Wellington with 75,000 men and Joseph Bonaparte with 58,000 men. Wellington launched an attack 8 miles from Vitoria. Despite a determined stand the French centre crumbled and both flanks were turned. Joseph lost 7,000 men, 143 guns, and much booty. The battle ended Napoleon rule in Spain and the French retreated across the Pyrenees.
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Mac. TA faces Vitoria in Spain
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 1/7/1999; ; 689 words
; ...court tonight against Tau Vitoria in Spain in the opening game of...away with a victory in Spain. Its all-time championships...six-game drought in Spain to register its first...Real Madrid. Although Vitoria is not the big-name...
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The first of 10 32m-long LRVs supplied by CAF, Spain, was delivered to Eusko Tran at the end of September.(Vitoria (Spain))
Magazine article from: International Railway Journal; 11/1/2008; 320 words
; The first of 10 32m-long LRVs supplied by CAF, Spain, was delivered to Eusko Tran at the end of September. The 38 million [euro] contract includes four years' maintenance.
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Suficiente con la Izquierda Unida.(partido político en Vitoria, País Vasco; España)(TT: Enough with the United Left.)(TA: political party, Vitoria, Basque country; Spain)(Artículo Breve)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 5/20/2001; ; 700+ words
; AUNQUE la mayora absoluta del Parlamento de Vitoria es de 38 escaos, este nmero puede quedar reducido a 35 si...que abandonaran la coalicin si EH no ocupa sus asientos en Vitoria. Pero si difcil es prever el comportamiento de EH, ms difcil...
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Dinamitan el pacto por la justicia: el espectáculo dado por PP y PSOE ante los jueces ha sido lamentable. Este colectivo, incluso, ha visto cómo una de las asociaciones más veteranas, Francisco de Vitoria, era excluida del reparto de vocales. (España).(Partido Popular; Partido Socialista Obrero Español)(TT: Transgressions against justice reform pact: the negotiations between PP and PSOE mediated by corps of judges were a lamentable affair. We witnessed how one of our most venerable politicians, Francisco de Vitoria, was prevented from speaking. (Spain).)(TA: People's Party; Spanish Socialist Workers' Party)(Artículo Breve)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 7/27/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Parlamento. La sorpresa fue mayscula para la Asociacin Francisco de Vitoria. Los cinco magistrados que optaban a una vocala, entre ellos...prcticamente con el mismo nmero de afiliados que Francisco de Vitoria, coincida en lamentar el "bochornoso espectculo" que han...
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MARQUÉS DE VITORIA 1994.(vino, España)(TT: Marquis of Vitoria, 1994.)(TA: wine, Spain)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 3/13/2000; 598 words
; BODEGA creada con una exigente actitud de perfeccin en la tcnica y en la modernidad capaces de extraer todo a la variedad y al ecosistema que le es propio. Conoc este vino mediante su descripcin en dos de esas prestigiosas revistas extranjeras que parecen existir principalmente para ensalzar vinos
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El Banco de Vitoria gana un 68 por 100 más.(España)(TT: Banco de Vitoria earned 68% more.)(TA: Spain)
Magazine article from: Tribuna de Actualidad; 11/23/1998; 375 words
; El beneficio antes de impuestos del Banco de Vitoria en los nueve primeros meses del ao ha sido de 1.013 millones de pesetas, un 68 por 100 ms con respecto al obtenido en el mismo...
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Tradición en las fiestas de Vitoria.(celebraciones religiosas; País Vasco, España)(TT: Traditional celebrations in Vitoria.)(TA: religious celebrations; Basque Country, Spain)
Magazine article from: Tribuna de Actualidad; 5/4/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...los pasacalles y fanfarrias que animan Vitoria, Llodio, Salinas de Aana, Maestu...balconada del palacio de la Diputacin de Vitoria. Los alaveses se renen en la plaza de...situada a unos dos kilmetros del centro de Vitoria-- en un agradable paseo entre zonas...
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Maccabi TA needs win in Vitoria rematch
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 2/4/1999; ; 540 words
; ...first encounter against Vitoria in Spain, a 79-76 defeat...performance all season. Vitoria is a well-balanced...points it lost by in Spain, so as to have the tie-breaker advantage over Vitoria if the teams end up with...
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Maccabi Tel Aviv visits Tau Vitoria. Enters game as big underdog hoping to avoid embarrassment
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 3/7/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Headline: Maccabi Tel Aviv visits Tau Vitoria. Enters game as big underdog hoping...a massive underdog against Tau Vitoria in Spain on Wednesday night in its fourth...to jeer even after victories. Vitoria (3-0), on the other hand...
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Mercedes to start electric car manufacturing in Vitoria plant.
News Wire article from: ADP News Spain; 12/14/2009; 493 words
; ...start manufacturing electric vehicles in the plant of Vitoria, northern Spain, in 2010, the company said on Friday. Mercedes...of the global call for reducing CO2 emissions. The Vitoria site, which currently employs some 4,000 people...
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Vitoria, Francisco de
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...North and South America. Vitoria was born circa 1483 in Vitoria, Á lava, Spain. He taught at the University...he moved to Salamanca, Spain, where he taught theology for the next twenty years. Vitoria's campaign for the rights...
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Vitoria
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Vitoria a city in NE Spain, site of a battle in 1813 in which Wellington defeated a French force and thus freed Spain from French domination.
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Francisco de Vitoria
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...theorist Francisco de Vitoria (ca. 1483-1546...uneasy, justification for Spain's conquests in the...life of Francisco de Vitoria. He studied at Burgos...nation-state. By 1539 Spain (then part of the Hapsburg...sovereignty persisted. Vitoria, in effect, revised...
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Vitoria, battle of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Vitoria, battle of, 1813. Decisive battle of...Wellington launched an attack 8 miles from Vitoria. Despite a determined stand the French...booty. The battle ended Napoleon rule in Spain and the French retreated across the Pyrenees...
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Philip V (Spain) (1683–1746; Ruled 1700–1724, 1724–1746)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...x2013; 1746), king of Spain. Philip V, born in Versailles...as music. Appointed king of Spain by the will of Charles II...brought about the victories of Vitoria and Luzzara (1702) before returning to Spain, where he was actively engaged...
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