| LC control no. | sh2009009856 |
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| Topical heading | Somosierra, Battle of, Spain, 1808 |
| Variant(s) | Somo-Sierra, Battle of, Spain, 1808 |
| See also | Peninsular War, 1807-1814--Campaigns--Spain |
| Found in | Work cat.: Niegolewski, Jędrzej. Les polonais à Somo-Sierra en 1808 en Espagne, 1854. Farwell, B. The encyclopedia of nineteenth-century land warfare, 2007: p. 771 (Somosierra, Battle of, 30 November 1808, Peninsular War; Napoleon, marching on Madrid, was held up at the Somosierra Pass, 4,757 feet high in the Sierra de Guardarrama in central Spain and the last physical obstacle between him and the capital, by a Spanish force of 15,000 under Benito San Juan) Wikipedia WWW site, Dec. 7, 2009 (Battle of Somosierra; (La batalla de Somosierra) (November 30, 1808); a heavily outnumbered Spanish force failed to prevent Napoleon from capturing Madrid in the Peninsular War) |
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