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TALAVERA DE LA REINA , a See also:town of central See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Toledo; on the right See also:bank of the See also:river See also:Tagus, and on the See also:Madrid-See also:Caceres railway. Pop. (1900) 10,580. Talavera is of See also:great antiquity, the Caesobriga of the See also:Romans. Portions of the triple See also:wall which surrounded it remain See also:standing, and the Arco de See also:San Pedro is one of its See also:Roman See also:gates restored. Among the See also:ancient buildings are the Torres Albarranas, built by the See also:Moors in the loth See also:century, the See also:Gothic collegiate See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, and three secularized convents, one of which See also:dates from the 14th century, but has twice been partially restored, and is now a factory. The See also:bridge of See also:thirty-five See also:arches across the Tagus dates from the 15th century. Talavera " of the See also:queen " was so named because, from the reign of See also:Alphonso XI. (1312-50), it was the See also:property of the queens of See also:Castile.
For the operations which culminated in the famous See also:battle of Talavera, between the See also:English and the See also:French, and those which followed that engagement, see See also:PENINSULAR See also:WAR. See also:Sir See also:Arthur See also:Wellesley (afterwards See also:Duke of See also:Wellington), the See also:British See also:commander, acting in co-operation with See also:Lieutenant-See also:General See also:Cuesta's See also:Spanish See also:army, took position on the 27th of See also:July 18o9 on the Upper Tagus,
protected by his advanced guard. His See also:line, facing due See also:east, ran See also:north from the right bank of the river to a See also:ridge See also:running parallel to the Tagus, beyond which ridge, also parallel to the river, See also:lay the Sierra de See also:Montalban. Cuesta's men with their right flank resting on the river held Talavera itself and the See also:close See also:country to the north-See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
ward of it; Wellesley's right connected with Cuesta's See also:left, and his line stretched away northwards to the ridge mentioned above. The Sierra was not, on the first See also:day, occupied, and even on the inner ridge itself the See also:division of General (afterwards See also:Lord) See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill was from some misunderstanding very See also:late in taking up its position. The whole front was covered by a rivulet running from the ridge to the Tagus. The battle was begun by the attack of two French divisions on the British advanced guard, which retired into the See also:main position with severe loss and in some disorder. See also:Marshal See also:Victor's forces followed them up sharply, and soon came upon Wellesley's line of battle. For some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time the See also:possession of the ridge (owing to the delay of Hill's Division) was doubtful, and Rufane See also:Donkin's See also:brigade had a severe struggle, but in the end the arrival of Hill's troops secured this all-important point for the Allied left. Meanwhile the Spaniards (though there was at first a temporary panic amongst them) and the right divisions of the British repulsed an attack in the See also:plain, and the day closed with the armies facing each other along the rivulet and on the ridge. The losses had been heavy on both sides. See also:Early on the 28th the battle was renewed by a furious attack on Hill's troops, whose left was now prolonged to the Sierra by the Allied See also:cavalry and a division borrowed from Cuesta. See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Joseph See also:Bonaparte and See also:Jourdan his See also:chief of See also:staff, who were See also:present, were averse from fighting on this present ground, wishing to wait for See also:Soult, whom they expected to come in on Wellesley's See also:rear, and it was only after See also:long discussion that the king gave a reluctant assent to Victor's See also:plan of attack. That Marshal's divisions once more tried to oust Hill from the ridge, and once more failed before the steady volleys of the British line and the See also:charge of the cavalry posted in this See also:quarter (though, owing perhaps to defective ground-scouting, this nearly ended in disaster). At the same time General See also:Sebastiani's 4th See also:corps, after a heavy See also:bombardment, assaulted the Allied centre in the plain. Here the British and Spanish battalions held their own firmly, and a See also:counter attack by General See also:Mackenzie's division hurled back the French in disorder. Yet another attack followed these failures, and came very near to achieving a great success. This time Lapisse's division of Victor's corps attacked the See also:Allies' left centre, composed of the British See also:Guards. The French columns were again checked by the British line, but here the counter-stroke, unlike Mackenzie's, was carried too far, and the troops in the ardour of incautious pursuit were very severely handled and pushed back to the position by the French reserves; when Wellesley decided the day by a counter attack with the 48th See also:regiment, made with great intrepidity and steadiness. The Guards, with splendid discipline, resumed their positions, and eventually the French. with their See also:leader Lapisse mortally wounded, See also:fell back. Failure all along the line and heavy losses left King Joseph no alternative but to retire towards Madrid. The French lost 7268 men out of 46,138 present, the British 5363 out of 20,641 ; the Spanish losses were officially returned at 1201 out of some 36,000 present.
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