ANDALUSIA

The ‘Arab’ invasion army which defeated the Visigoths at the Transductine Promontories in 711 numbered 12,000 men including only 300 Arab cavalry, the remainder being Berber infantry. However these were reinforced in 712 by another 10-18,000 Arabs and Syrians. In 741 they were further reinforced by the 10,000 survivors (out of27,000) of the Syrian Junds […]

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THE QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE AND WAR WITH SPAIN, 1718-1720 Part II

<img data-attachment-id="56327" data-permalink="https://web.archive.org/web/20221130005148/https://weaponsandwarfare.com/royal-collection-4/" data-orig-file="https://web.archive.org/web/20221130005148/https://weaponsandwarfare.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/660319-1487760925-1.jpg" data-orig-size="2000,1439" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"11.31","credit":"Todd-White Art Photography","camera":"Ixpress 384MS – Hasselblad H1","caption":"727015","created_timestamp":"1484819716","copyright":"Royal Collection","focal_length":"0","iso":"50","shutter_speed":"0.4061279296875","title":"Royal Collection","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Royal Collection" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="727015 ” data-medium-file=”https://web.archive.org/web/20221130005148/https://weaponsandwarfare.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/660319-1487760925-1.jpg?w=500″ data-large-file=”https://web.archive.org/web/20221130005148/https://weaponsandwarfare.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/660319-1487760925-1.jpg?w=584″ src=”https://web.archive.org/web/20221130005148im_/https://weaponsandwarfare.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/660319-1487760925-1.jpg” alt=”” class=”wp-image-56327″/>Siege of St Sebastian, 1719PLAN De la VILLE et du Chateau / et PORT du St: SEBASTIAN / Ataqué par les Anglois dan les du Moy Maÿ / l’Anné 1719 Milazzo, […]

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