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ALMANSA

Volume 2 · 60 words · 1860 Edition

a small city of Spain, in the province of Albacete, to the north of the river Segura. A pyramid erected near it commemorates the decisive battle fought here in 1707, when the French and Spaniards, under the Duke of Berwick, gained a complete victory over the united forces in the interest of the Archduke Charles. It now contains 8700 inhabitants.