el nuevo libro verde de barcelona

1714/07/30

On the thirtieth in the evening the Marshal of Berwick went into the trenches. They were mounted by Lieutenant-general Dillon, Mr. Vicintillo, Marshal de Camp, and the Brigadeers Courten and Desmarets. Every thing was in readiness, and the signal was given: whereupon, four companies of grenadeers on the right, and as many on the left, [...] »
The life of James Fitz-James  »

1714/07/25

All the time till the twenty fourth, was employed in carrying on the works to the covered way. On the twenty fifth, being the Marshal of Berwick’s birth day, after having caused the mass to be said by the Vicar-general of the army, and the artillery to be blessed, he ordered a royal battery of [...] »
The life of James Fitz-James  »

1714/07/13

All the dispositions being made, Marshal Berwick opened the trenches on the night between the twelfth and thirteenth of July, on the east side, where the besieged did not expect to be attacked. The trenches were mounted by a Lieutenant-general, a Marshal de Camp, and two Brigadeers; ten battalions, and five hundred horse, besides two [...] »
The life of James Fitz-James  »

1714/07/13

The troops of Felipe V entered by force, thus ending the War of the Spanish Succession. »
Juan Cortada & José de Manjarrés with Josefina Roma (1848). El libro verde de Barcelona. Añalejo de costumbres populares, fiestas religiosas y profanas, usos familiares, efemérides de los sucesos mas notables acaecidos en Barcelona. Barcelona: Sauri. [Private collection: GBS OCR too poor to use.]  »


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