"Alarcos, 19 July 1195" Topic
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| Tango01 | 09 Jan 2021 9:26 p.m. PST |
"Lying between Christian Toledo and Muslim Cordoba, the plains around Calatrava were strategically crucial during the decades on either side of 1200. That is why the Knights of Calatrava had fortified the site and constructed other castles in the region. In 1195, caliph al-Mansur won a victory at Alarcos, and seized the fortresses; but in 121 2 the combined forces of Christian Spain turned the tables at Las Navas de Tolosa. This was to prove a decisive point in the progress of the Reconquista. From now on the Muslim states were militarily outmatched…."
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 10 Jan 2021 8:23 a.m. PST |
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| Legionarius | 10 Jan 2021 11:43 a.m. PST |
An important battle in the long history of the Reconquista. Well worth researching and wargaming. |
| Tango01 | 10 Jan 2021 3:28 p.m. PST |
Glad you like it my friend! (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
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