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    Francisco Espoz y Mina Ilundáin (1781–1836) was a Spanish guerrilla leader and general. Espoz y Mina is considered the most important guerrillero of the...
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    28 years old. Martín Francisco Javier Mina y Larrea should not be confused with his successor and distant relative Francisco Espoz Ilundáin, generally...
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    brother of Ferdinand VII, to the frontier of Portugal. As aide-de-camp of Espoz y Mina, then under the orders of generals Córdova and Espartero, in the armies...
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  • Mina is a surname. People bearing the name include: Ara Mina, Filipina actress Denise Mina, Scottish crime writer Francisco Espoz y Mina, Spanish general...
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    named after General Francisco Espoz y Mina, a hero of the war of independence. Manuel de Falla y Matheu was born in Number 3 Plaza de Mina, where a plaque...
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    better-known include the following: Francisco Abad Moreno, "Chaleco" Agustina de Aragón Francisco Espoz y Mina Francisco Sánchez Fernández, "Tío Camuñas"...
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    French would leave by the same road after their defeat by General Francisco Espoz y Mina in 1814. The Fort du Portalet is a fort in the Aspe valley north...
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    Kingdom. Again the plea was rejected, with the native commander Francisco Espoz y Mina strong in Navarre deciding in turn to forbid his men to pledge an...
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    Leocadia Zorrilla (category Francisco Goya)
    Guillermo, had become involved in the revolutionary activities of Francisco Espoz y Mina. Goya, disillusioned by political events in Spain, left for Paris...
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  • Spanish guerrilla force numbering between 3,000 and 4,500 men, led by Francisco Espoz y Mina, ambushed and captured the central part of a convoy made up of 150...
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