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The French sack of Chinchón

Chinchón, Las Vegas, Madrid

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The French sack of Chinchón

Historical milestone · Chinchón, Las Vegas, Madrid

Image of Chinchón, not of the place itself.

In reprisal for the death of two French soldiers, a unit quartered in Aranjuez entered the town and killed eighty-six residents in 1808, during the Peninsular War. The town was then the head of a county.

1808

Photo: Zarateman (CC0)

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