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When discipline was restored, in spite of assurances that Spaniards who wished to remain would enjoy freedom of religion and full civil rights, almost all villagers decided not to run the risk of staying and left in exile.
The Spanish caudillo, after listening to the opinion of the rest of generals, in agreement with him in spite of knowing to the retirement of the allied army from Talavera de la Reina towards Extremadura, had determined to attack the French 12 August to give rest to his troops ; but those were anticipated, appearing against the positions of the Spaniards to five and average in the morning of 11 August, with 26, 000 infantry, 4, 000 horses and 40 pieces of IV the Body to the control of Sebastiani, and of the one of Reserve to the orders of Dessolles and of Joseph Bonaparte in person.
Taking stock of their newly won territory, the Spaniards realized that — in spite of the quantity of gold in the hands of the Indians — there were no golden cities, nor even rich mines, since the Muiscas obtained all their gold in trade.
In spite of the advantage of their horses and their skill with their swords, by noon the Spaniards were pushed into a retreat toward the east, across the Mapocho River ; and, by mid-afternoon, they were backed up to the plaza itself.
He reflects on Spain and the Spaniards as a people united that, in spite of being at war with all the major European powers, are capable of showing bravery and honour.

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In spite of his father's disapproval, he soon became friends with the shy, gifted Minkowski.
) In spite of the LP's success, soon after its release a contractual dispute with their label, Virgin Records, saw XTC go " on strike " from 1992 through 1998, which finally resulted in the termination of their contract.
In spite of the conclusion of the Peace of Travendal in 1700, there was soon a Swedish invasion and threats from Europe's western naval powers.
In spite of the commercial failure of Straight Out the Jungle, Warner Bros. Records soon signed the group and released Done By the Forces of Nature in January 1990.
In spite of Turtle Soups positive reception from the music press, its commercial success was marginal and the band soon began to disintegrate.
His website indicates that he is still recovering from the traumatic brain injury that he received, and that his family hopes he will soon be able to " continue to work so that, in spite of his injury, he can enjoy a quality of life in keeping with his imagination, intelligence, and service to his Church and community.
He soon found that he disliked London, in spite of the friendship of Thomas Carlyle and his wife Jane Welsh Carlyle.
In spite of this he was admitted to the Lords, where he was staunchly defended by Lord Thurlow, and his declining health soon made the issue irrelevant.
In spite of this, laws regarding mixed-sex bathing were soon relaxed again.
In spite of the endeavours of their rulers, Poles and Lithuanians did not wish to attack the kindred Czechs ; the Germans were prevented by internal discord from taking joint action against the Hussites ; and the King of Denmark, who had landed in Germany with a large force intending to take part in the crusade, soon returned to his own country.
A small Bulgarian unit, which soon became a full division moved into the city and immediately started an attempt to establish a condominium in spite of initial assurances to the contrary, showing no intentions to leave.
In spite of the challenges he encountered soon after his accession and the critical situation at the very end of his life, Petar's Bulgaria appears to have been prosperous and increasingly well organized, with an administrative apparatus noted by foreign travelers and confirmed by the numerous finds of imperial seals.
This attack soon developed and in spite of the cactus hedges forcing a dismounted attack, progress was rapid.
Called to a professorship at the University of Marburg, the oldest Protestant university in the world with one of the most distinguished Divinity Schools in Germany, he soon received the main Chair of Old Testament, which, in spite of many calls to other universities, he held until his retirement.
In spite of the rough start, Reed soon became an accepted member of the group and his work was heard on the majority of tracks on both albums.
In the Midlands, in spite of a Parliamentary victory won by Sir William Brereton at the Battle of Nantwich on 28 January, the Royalists of Shropshire, Staffordshire, and Leicestershire soon extended their influence through Ashby-de-la-Zouch into Nottinghamshire and joined hands with their friends at Newark.
The police initially thought they had a gang of common criminals but, in spite of the orders to the contrary, Nicoletti soon declared that they were Argentine agents.
In spite of the heavy fire opened on him as soon as he moved, he went straight through from cover to cover and eventually delivered the message.
In spite of his loss, Schmidt was soon experimenting and inventing again.
She soon figures out Aiden is fully human, but she is still attracted to him and pursues a relationship in spite of her mother Esmé's disapproval.
It soon became obvious he was heading for a move out of Tyneside, in spite of his popularity among Geordie supporters, some of whom had nicknamed him " David Copperfield " because of his ability to conjure up magic.
In the second book ( Magic's Promise ), although Vanyel has ceased to blame himself for Tylendel's death, and in spite of the twelve years separating the books, he is still desperately lonely, and misses his former lover, soon becoming confused about his sexuality and his relationships with others.
" In spite of the feud, over a decade later Chadwick would confess that he had soon come to want Bickers to return to The House of Love ( and that he had hated seeing his volatile former bandmate caricatured in the press as " Bonkers Bickers " over the next few years ) but had failed to actually communicate this to Bickers himself.
In spite of her worrying of being late for her flight, she arrives at the airport on time and soon finds that flights have been delayed because of bad weather.

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In spite of the very difficult batting conditions, however, Hobbs and Sutcliffe took their partnership to 172 before Hobbs was out for exactly 100.
According to Hyginus Artemis once loved Orion ( in spite of the late source, this version appears to be a rare remnant of her as the pre-Olympian goddess, who took consorts, as Eos did ), but was tricked into killing him by her brother Apollo, who was " protective " of his sister's maidenhood.
Constantine's rule, however, validated Diocletian's achievements and the autocratic principle he represented: the borders remained secure, in spite of Constantine's large expenditure of forces during his civil wars ; the bureaucratic transformation of Roman government was completed ; and Constantine took Diocletian's court ceremonies and made them even more extravagant.
In spite of a success sustained over many years, his musical ambition took him to Madrid, where zarzuela had a higher profile.
From the 1880s through the 1920s, logging took place in many groves in spite of marginal commercial returns.
This influential group of people took sides against the development of Isaac Peral's submarine, and the Spanish Government, in spite of the notorious success of the official tests, finally closed the project.
One group of bank debtors declared their outrage at what they saw as profiteering from their tragedy and took the decision to transcribe the whole book, respecting even its layout, and to give it away electronically, in spite of legal threats from the publisher.
And during the first two years of the German occupation, in spite of his age and the precarious situation, he nonetheless took a daily ride on his horse, " Jubilee ", through Copenhagen, unaccompanied by a groom, let alone by a guard.
In spite of his assumption that it was a planet, he took the conservative route and announced it as a comet.
The election took place safely in spite of a surge of insurgent activity.
The council went on ( in spite of the intervention of most of the powers ) to pronounce Eugene IV deposed ( 25 June 1439 ), giving rise to a new schism by electing ( 4 November 1439 ) duke Amadeus VIII of Savoy, as ( anti ) pope, who took the name of Felix V.
At the United Nations Aiken took an independent stance and backed the admission of China to the organisation, in spite of huge protests from the United States.
He took a prominent part in bringing about the recall of Cicero from exile, in spite of the opposition of Clodius.
A year later, he finally took up residence at Bourges, where he remained till his death in 1590, in spite of a handsome offer made him by pope Gregory XIII in 1584 to attract him to Bologna.
His nomination by Lord John Russell to the vacant see of Hereford in December 1847 was again the signal for organized opposition ; and his consecration in March 1848 took place in spite of a remonstrance by many of the bishops, and the resistance of John Merewether, the dean of Hereford, who voted against the election.
However, in spite of their internal turmoil, Sook Jai took an early lead in the tribal challenges, winning 5 of the first 7 challenges.
In spite of a taboo against visiting the monument, " he took what is written as the knight who was captured in a cage ( a statue in one of the perforated stupas )".
The wars of the Low Countries consisted at that time almost wholly of sieges, and Spinola made himself famous by the number of places he took in spite of the efforts of Maurice of Nassau to save them — these places included Groenlo.
During her stays at Rosersberg Palace and in spite of her fear of the dark, she took walks in the park at night and instructed one lady-in-waiting to walk in front of her dressed in white to keep bats away from her.
Blount's trial in the Senate took place in January 1799, though Blount refused to attend, in spite of a visit to Knoxville from the Senate sergeant-at-arms.
In spite of the record's success, the group was considering quitting the music business until Gamble & Huff, a team of producers and songwriters, took an interest in the group.
In spite of the approach of winter, Krum took advantage of the good weather to send a force of 30, 000 into Thrace, which captured Arkadioupolis ( Lüleburgaz ) and carried off 50, 000 captives in the Bulgarian lands across the Danube.
In spite of Russian police and Cossack interference, a symbolic meeting of hymn-singing Poles and Lithuanians took place on the bridge across Niemen River.
Besides that, his team gave up the vigil after 2 February in spite of the warnings ( confessions of co-accused in TADA Court shows that landing actually took place many days after team led by Thapa had left for Mumbai ) and that the smugglers, in fact, postponed the landing as they heard from sources that an ambush had been laid for them by Thapa.
This would certainly explain why the Yugoslav National Army took the side of the rebelled Croatian Serbs in spite of its claims to be acting as a " peacekeeping " force.

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