The skirmish against the French cavalry Historical milestone · Villardeciervos, La Carballeda, Zamora Image of Villardeciervos, not of the place itself. Twenty-seven armed residents faced forty-two French cavalry soldiers during the intervention of 1823 and managed to drive them off; the episode is still alive in the memory of the villa. 1823 Photo: Roinpa (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in Villardeciervos