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Victory at Oran and Montemar’s bold mountain assault
Excerpt traces the July 24 8 Nace letter from the Spanish camp near Oran detailing Montemar’s victory over the Moors at the mountain strongholds. It praises Walloon Guards and Grenadiers for routing the enemy, notes a later 4000 foot 1000 horse detachment, and records subsequent skirmishes and fatalities among Belgian officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exhart
Oran
Marzalwy Quivir
Caniianas of the Count de Montemar
Count de Montemar
Chevalier de Lalaing
Te. Miguelets
Cig
Dé Lataing
Valloon Guards
Don Carlos van der Kruijzen
Dragoons
Belgia
Duke de St. Blas
Marquis de Villadarias
Vienna
N.S
Tunis
Count de Daun
Council of War
Eugene of Savoy
Memmingen
Augsburg
Oeitingen
Nordlingen
Kaufbeveren
Saltzburg
Rome
Fontana
Carmittan
Chevalier-Ferretti
Malta
M.ellys
Chevalier de St. George
Cardinal Corcia
Marseilles
Barbary