1938/10/28: Herbert Matthews, describing the last parade of the International Brigades in Barcelona on 28 October 1938, said of the thin, drawn, shabby, diseased men:
They were not clad in spic-and-span uniforms; their garb was nondescript; they had no arms, ...
1836/05/04: On the 4th of May, an insurrection broke out in the turbulent city of Barcelona; the governor-general, Parreno, supported by the troops of the line, and aided by the co-operation of several companies of English marines, who appeared with colours flyi...
1899/09/02: SPANISH SURVIVORS RETURN.; Thirty-five Men, Who Held Baler, Reach Barcelona....
1710/05/30: Letters from general Staremberg's camp at Balaguer say, that great sums of money having been lately brought by 7 British men of war to Barcelona, the same was remitted to the army, and all the officers and soldiers paid 7 months arears, which has so ...
1960/02/13: While home ported in Barcelona I befriended a young deaf Spanish boy. His family owned a restaurant and we all became friends. The young boy made me a paper ship which I treasure to this day. His father wrote on the side of the paper ship "Barcelona ...
