Sujet
The Civil War in Spain: view in Bilbao - the church and bridge at St. Antonio, 1874. see 0580033139 Creator: Unknown.
Légende
The Civil War in Spain: view in Bilbao - the church and bridge at St. Antonio, 1874. 'The Carlist civil war in the northern provinces of Spain has...been raging more fiercely in the neighbourhood of Bilbao and the Somorrostro district, northwest of that town, extending towards the sea. The army of Don Carlos, under a veteran soldier, General Elio, who has great influence among the people of the Basque provinces, is entrenched in a strong position on Monte Abanto, and is engaged in the siege of Bilbao. A new attempt to raise the siege, former attempts having failed, is now made by Marshal Serrano, the military Dictator of the Spanish Republic, with an army of 30,000 men and forty guns. There was severe fighting...but the Carlists still held the lines of Somorrostro, and persisted in the siege. The town of Bilbao has been cruelly bombarded by their artillery. This town...is situated on the river Nervion, or Ibaizebel; but the channel up the winding river is so embarrassing to masters of ships that it is said to have given rise to the old English proverbial phrase, "in the Bilboes," for an awkward position of constraint'. From "Illustrated London News", 1874.
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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
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HRM25A32_410
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Droits gérés
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56,6Mo (4,6Mo) / 45,0cm x 31,5cm / 5315 x 3720 (300dpi)