Battle of Roncevaux Pass
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battle-of-roncevaux-pass-180-11919063
title:
Battle of Roncevaux Pass
text:
The Battle of Roncevaux Pass in 778 saw a large force of Basques ambush a part of Charlemagne's army in Roncevaux Pass, a high mountain pass in the Pyrenees on the present border between France and Spain, after his invasion of the Iberian Peninsula. The Basque attack was in retaliation for Charlemagne's destruction of the city walls of their capital, Pamplona. As the Franks retreated across the Pyrenees back to Francia, the rearguard of Frankish lords was cut off, stood its ground, and was wiped
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wiki
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description:
8th-century battle in France
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Roncevaux_Pass
date created:
2004-05-20T03:38:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T14:37:11Z
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