Allepuz could be the prototype of a small peripheral town involved in an increasingly demanding war dynamic. Located at a transition point between the Maestrazgo and the Alfambra valley, this locality did not occupy a strategic enclave. Despite this, its inhabitants lived the echoes of important military events, such as the Royal Expedition in 1837, the siege of Morella in 1838 or the final assault of the liberal army on the capitals of Maestrazgo in 1840.
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Information on the presence of columns or parties was key to the development of the war.
In the spring of 1837 a large military expedition of 14,000 men left Navarre, leading the Carlist pretender himself.
The prince Don Carlos finally arrived, after a journey through the lands of Castellón, to the “magical kingdom of Cabrera” of which Baron Rahden spoke.
The First Carlist War (1833-1840) was one more in the sequence of counterrevolutionary wars that Spaniards had lived through since the Convention War (1793-1795)…
Information on the presence of columns or parties was key to the development of the war.
In the spring of 1837 a large military expedition of 14,000 men left Navarre, leading the Carlist pretender himself.
The prince Don Carlos finally arrived, after a journey through the lands of Castellón, to the “magical kingdom of Cabrera” of which Baron Rahden spoke.
The First Carlist War (1833-1840) was one more in the sequence of counterrevolutionary wars that Spaniards had lived through since the Convention War (1793-1795)…
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