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Action of Utiel or battle of the Tollo

Utiel, La Plana de Utiel-Requena, Valencia

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Action of Utiel or battle of the Tollo

Historical milestone · Utiel, La Plana de Utiel-Requena, Valencia

Image of Utiel, not of the place itself.

In August 1812 the troops of the captain general Pedro Villacampa defeated in the district a French column of some one thousand eight hundred men despite their numerical inferiority. Fernando VII granted the town the Cross of San Fernando in 1814.

1812

Photo: Rafolas (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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