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  El Mazuco - El Mazuco (the impossible defence)
In El Mazuco, on the 10th, the soldiers of the I Brigade of Navarre are used in an all-out attack to break the resistance of the pass of Tornería.
Division that operates near El Pontón is the Moliner Group, which pushes on the zone of Peña Labra and to the north of Cervera de Pisuerga, but the mountains of the Picos of Europe continue being an impassable barrier after the whole zone to the south of the La Hermida gorge has fallen (31).
About the raging battle of El Mazuco the national newspaper ABC of Seville, the paper most widely circulated in the pro-Franco zone, states that it “is almost all quiet on the front” and the official headquarters report says tersely: “In the Eastern sector of the Asturian front there was nothing new” (34).
www.speleogroup.org /files/ElMazuco-impossible-defence.html   (8946 words)

  
 Battle of El Mazuco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Battle of El Mazuco was fought in September 1937, between the Republican (government) and Nationalist (rebel) armies of the Spanish Civil War.
The Republican defence of El Mazuco and the surrounding mountains halted the Nationalist advance into eastern Asturias, despite their forces being outnumbered seven-fold.
In this battle, carpet bombing was used for the first time on a military target.
en.encyclopediahome.com /wiki/Battle_of_El_Mazuco   (1254 words)

  
 Battle of El Mazuco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of El Mazuco was fought in September 1937, between the Republican (government) and Nationalist (rebel) armies of the Spanish Civil War.
Following the fall of Bilbao and the defeat of the Republican forces defending Santander, the Republican stronghold of Asturias was isolated from the Republican armies in the South and East of Spain.
The attack on El Mazuco began with an assault by the nationalist Navarrese I brigade on the 6
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_El_Mazuco   (1272 words)

  
 Battle of El Mazuco (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
It became clear that these mountains were vital to the defence of Asturias, and the key to the Sierra del Cuera was the pass of El Mazuco.
The defence of El Mazuco also allowed the Republicans further West a certain breathing space and a chance to regroup, but ultimately this made little difference.
El Mazuco (La defensa imposible) by Juan Antonio de Blas, in La guerra civil en Asturias, Editiones Jucar, Gijón 1986.
battle-of-el-mazuco.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888   (1102 words)

  
 Spanish Civil War - Charles' George Orwell Links
Republican sympathizers proclaimed it as a struggle between "tyranny and democracy", or "fascism and liberty." Franco, on the other hand, viewed it as a battle between the "red hordes" of communism and "civilization," or the traditional, conservative values of Spain.
The battle of El Mazuco; 1,700 Asturians and Basques hold off 30,000 Nationists in and around the Sierra de Cuera.
The naval battle at Cape Palos (a Nationalist heavy cruiser Baleares is sunk by Republican destroyers).
www.netcharles.com /orwell/articles/col-spanishcivilwar.htm   (3188 words)

  
 Carpet bombing - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
First use of area bombing on a military target: Battle of El Mazuco, Asturias, September 1937
The systematic destruction of German and Japanese population centers during World War II particularly: RAF Bomber Command's Battle of Berlin (air).
Firestorms created by RAF Bomber Command in the bombing of Hamburg and the bombing of Dresden and USAAF in the bombing of Tokyo.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Carpet_bombing   (307 words)

  
 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Asturias   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Troops under the command of Francisco Franco were brought from the North African colonies to put down the rebellion and a ferocious oppression followed.
As a result, Asturias remained loyal to the democratic republican government during the war, and was the scene of an extraordinary defence in extreme terrain, the Battle of El Mazuco.
Santa María del Naranco and San Miguel de Lillo, a pre-Romanic church and a pre-Romanic castle respectively, were built by the first Asturian kings on Mount Naranco, to the north of the city.
www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Asturias   (2210 words)

  
 Mapa de Asturias
Esta ciudad, llamada también El Principado de Asturias, es como un recinto amurallado por la mano de Dios, ya que está rodeado de altas y compactas montañas que miran al mar Cantábrico.
Entre el mar Cantábrico y la cordillera Cantábrica se extiende su territorio, que disfruta de un clima oceánico, con abundantes precipitaciones, esto hace que la región goce de un paisaje bellísimo siempre verde, incluso en verano.
The Picos de Europa National park, and other parts of the Asturian mountain range: The most famous mountain in the park is the Picu Urriellu (2519 m), also known as El Naranjo de Bulnes, a molar-shaped peak which glows orange in the evening sun, hence its name.
www.travelamap.com /espana2/ciudad.asp?id=5   (1474 words)

  
 1937 - What happened in 1937 ?
Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces hand the Italian forces a grave defeat at the Battle of Guadalajara.
Spanish Civil War: Peandntilde;a Blanca is taken; the end of the Battle of El Mazuco.
Battle of Nanjing concludes with the Japanese victory and the fall of the city which became the site of the Nanjing Massacre
www.spiritus-temporis.com /1937   (577 words)

  
 Bulletin of the KSL - No. 18   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The outcome for the CNT was two-pronged: A) there was a haemorrhaging, with more than 1,000 members gaoled (See Buenacasa El Movimiento Obrero Español) and a list of at least 84 dead B) the creation of armed groups dependent on the CNT and certain of which were to lapse into criminality pure and simple.
It had its own local on the road between Otero and Naraguantes and an ateneo complete with arts group and workers’ co-operative.(1) Cesar Terron was the local federation's treasurer.
On 18 February 1941, there was a battle in a pinewood in the vicinity of Caneda (Leon) in which El Maestro and two of his guerrillas died.
flag.blackened.net /ksl/bullet18.htm   (4692 words)

  
 This Day in History: 1937   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Two fl men accused of stabbing a policeman are taken by a mob from the county jail in Tallahassee, Florida and lynched.
Spanish Civil War: Pe￱a Blanca is taken; the end of the Battle of El Mazuco.
Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanjing - Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese.
www.thelearningcalendar.com /this_day_in_history/year.cfm?year=1937   (993 words)

  
 Battle of Teruel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The battle of Teruel was fought in and around the city of Teruel in the Spanish Civil War in December 1937-February 1938.
It was one of the bloodiest actions of the war.
In the course of the fighting, Teruel was subjected to heavy artillery and ariel bombardment.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Teruel   (190 words)

  
 Mfc
Articles which I ‘founded’ include Algorism, Battle of El Mazuco, Fabada Asturiana, (much of) IEEE 754r, Llanes, Significand, and Wallace Breem.
Laying it out this way allows for all the political stuff to be at the theatre/campaign level and the details of the war to be at the campaign army level.This allows battles to be written without lots of baggage Philip Baird Shearer :Sounds good.
In smaller wars, 'zone' is a useful term; crops up all over the Spanish Civil war literature, and it grows on one...
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 Nothingandall: 2005/09/18 - 2005/09/24   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
O Penafiel entrou muito bem empurrando o Benfica para a defesa, conseguindo alguns cantos e fazendo crer que um golo tornaria o jogo em aberto.
1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses, is fought at Blore Heath in Staffordshire.
El mundo cantó un día, fue amor quien la inspiraba.
nothingandall.blogspot.com /2005_09_18_nothingandall_archive.html   (4197 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : 1937 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
July 1 - In a referendum the people of the Irish Free State accept the new Constitution by 685,105 votes to 527,945.
September 25 - Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Pingxingguan.
December 13 - Battle of Nanjing ends and the Nanjing Massacre begins.
www.hallencyclopedia.com.cob-web.org:8888 /topic/1937.html   (1975 words)

  
 Llanes - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The largest ofthese valleys is La Llosa de Viango.Unlike the heights of the Picos de Europa further to the south, thesevalleys are green and pastoral.
From 6–22 September 1937, 5,000 men of the Republican forces held off over 33,000 Nationalists, in this area, in an epic resistance which became known as the Battle of El Mazuco.
Today, only the melodious sound of cowbells disturbs the peace of the valleys.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Llanes   (533 words)

  
 Asturias North of Spain accommodation pages   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
With Franco eventually gaining control of all Spain, Asturias - traditionally linked to the Spanish crown - was known merely as the `Province of Oviedo` from 1936 until Franco`s death in 1975.
Asturian cheeses, especially Cabrales, are also famous throughout Spain and beyond; Cabrales is known for its pungent odour and strong flavour.
Asturias is often called "the land of cheeses" (el pais de los quesos) due to the product`s diversity and quality in this region.
www.direct-hotels-online.com /Spain/Asturias/Asturias.html   (1492 words)

  
 Speleogroup - index
Speleogroup is a small caving club, formed by a caving team in 1968.
En Mazuco, Pruneda, hikes, General Strike, Cabañuca, etc.
A translation of El Mazuco (La defensa imposible) by Juan Antonio de Blas, in La guerra civil en Asturias, Tomo 2, 1986.
www.speleogroup.org   (260 words)

  
 Nothingandall: On this day in History - Sep 06
0394 - Battle of Frigidus: The Christian Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills the pagan usurper Eugenius and his Frankish general Arbogast.
Diez años después, el Libertador Bolívar fundaría un diario oficial con el mismo nombre, que sobrevive hasta hoy.
Microsoft: The United States Justice Department announces that it was no longer seeking to break-up software maker Microsoft and will instead seek a lesser antitrust penalty.
nothingandall.blogspot.com /2005/09/on-this-day-in-history-sep-06.html   (1690 words)

  
 September 6 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
394 - Battle of the Frigidus: The Christian Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills the pagan usurper Eugenius and his Frankish magister militum Arbogast.
1781 - The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting a British minor victory
1937 - Spanish Civil War: The start of the Battle of El Mazuco.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/September_6   (1390 words)

  
 1937 in History - Basic History Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
03-18 - Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces hand the Italian forces a grave defeat at the Battle of Guadalajara.
09-06 - Spanish Civil War: The start of the Battle of El Mazuco.
12-13 - Battle of Nanjing concludes with the Japanese victory and the fall of the city which became the site of the Nanjing Massacre
www.basichistoryonline.com /years.php?y=1937   (1065 words)

  
 Silicon Valley Watcher--reporting on the business and culture of innovation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The way to stop it is to stop them aggregating the media.
It is a simple battle: index versus content?
I know where both sides think the value lies, but it is not equal.
www.siliconvalleywatcher.com /mt/archives/2006/10/tilting_at_the.php   (4013 words)

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