The History of Peter the Cruel, King of Castile and Leon, Vol. 2 Of 2 With Additional Notes (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The History of Peter the Cruel, King of Castile and Leon, Vol. 2 of 2: With Additional Notes IT is difiicult to explain why the Castilian army, which was still assembled upon the Aragonese frontier, should have remained in'active, not even making any show of seconding the operations of the fleet. The Castilians did not open their campaign until the be ginning Of autumn, and then only to repel an in vasion. The Conde de Trastamara and Don Tello, with about 800 men-at-arms, having entered Castile by way of Agreda, were met by Don Fernando de Castro and Juan de Hinestrosa at the head of an army twice their number. A battle took place in the valley of Araviana, * at the foot of the mountains of Toranzo and. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.