[Ollo asks the artillery Captain the reason why they don’t open fire]
Document number:
1749
Author:
Pellicer Montseny, José Luis
Printer:
Imprenta de Fidel Giro, Barcelona
Book/ Album / Dossier:
Estandarte Real, el : revista político-militar ilustrada
Format date:
1890
Topic date:
1873
Physical description:
1 4 x 7 cm engraving on a 31 x 21 cm page
Notes:
May 1890 edition. It illustrates the article "Momentos críticos: episodios de la pasada Guerra Civil" in which the action at Santa Bárbara de Mañeru is summed up. Autographed. "Ollo, when he noticed that the Carlist artillery had fallen silent [...] asked why this was. [After running out of ammunition he ordered them to fire with what they had and] they shot with gunpowder and wads of paper and grass"
Subjects:
History-Wars-Battles History-Wars-2nd Carlist War (1872-1876) Trades-Soldiers