1550 by Country - 1550 in Chile, 1550 in Japan, Battle of Penco, Battle of Andalien, Sieges of Toishi (Paperback)


Chapters: 1550 in Chile, 1550 in Japan, Battle of Penco, Battle of Andalien, Sieges of Toishi. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Battle of Penco, on March 12th, 1550 was a battle between 60,000 Mapuche under the command of their toqui Ainavillo with his Araucan and Tucapel allies and Pedro de Valdivia's 200 Spaniards on horse and afoot with a large number of Yanacona inclucing 300 Mapochoes auxiliaries under their leader Michimalonco defending their newly raised fort at Penco. It was part of the Arauco War. After toqui Ainavillo's defeat in the Battle of Andalien he gathered tens of thousands of warriors from the Arauco and Tucapel regions to reinforce his depleted 15,000 man army for an attack on Valdivia's new settlement at Penco. Meanwhile Valdivia's force took eight days to construct a fort with a circuit of 1500 paces around his new settlement with a ditch 12 feet deep and wide. The excavated earth was used to fill in behind a wall of tree trunks driven into the earth above the ditch. It had three gates with well built bastions provided with artillery. Following the construction of the fort, Valdivia established the city of Concepcin del Nuevo Extremo there on March 3, 1550. He also sent out patrols of his cavalry to call on the local Mapuche to submit to Spanish rule and provide food and service to the Spanish. On March 12th, Ainavillo's army of sixty thousand warriors advanced against the fort at Penco in three separte bodies with 5,000 skirmishers covering their advance and deployment. Once they had arrived they surrounded the fort on all sides but were not equipped to storm the deep ditch and the wall above it. They could only fire arrows and stones at the walls and shout threats leaving the Spanish safe inside. Inside the fort th...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=16294552

R343

Or split into 4x interest-free payments of 25% on orders over R50
Learn more

Discovery Miles3430
Delivery AdviceOut of stock

Toggle WishListAdd to wish list
Review this Item

Product Description

Chapters: 1550 in Chile, 1550 in Japan, Battle of Penco, Battle of Andalien, Sieges of Toishi. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Battle of Penco, on March 12th, 1550 was a battle between 60,000 Mapuche under the command of their toqui Ainavillo with his Araucan and Tucapel allies and Pedro de Valdivia's 200 Spaniards on horse and afoot with a large number of Yanacona inclucing 300 Mapochoes auxiliaries under their leader Michimalonco defending their newly raised fort at Penco. It was part of the Arauco War. After toqui Ainavillo's defeat in the Battle of Andalien he gathered tens of thousands of warriors from the Arauco and Tucapel regions to reinforce his depleted 15,000 man army for an attack on Valdivia's new settlement at Penco. Meanwhile Valdivia's force took eight days to construct a fort with a circuit of 1500 paces around his new settlement with a ditch 12 feet deep and wide. The excavated earth was used to fill in behind a wall of tree trunks driven into the earth above the ditch. It had three gates with well built bastions provided with artillery. Following the construction of the fort, Valdivia established the city of Concepcin del Nuevo Extremo there on March 3, 1550. He also sent out patrols of his cavalry to call on the local Mapuche to submit to Spanish rule and provide food and service to the Spanish. On March 12th, Ainavillo's army of sixty thousand warriors advanced against the fort at Penco in three separte bodies with 5,000 skirmishers covering their advance and deployment. Once they had arrived they surrounded the fort on all sides but were not equipped to storm the deep ditch and the wall above it. They could only fire arrows and stones at the walls and shout threats leaving the Spanish safe inside. Inside the fort th...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=16294552

Customer Reviews

No reviews or ratings yet - be the first to create one!

Product Details

General

Imprint

Books + Company

Country of origin

United States

Release date

September 2010

Availability

Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available.

First published

September 2010

Editors

Creators

Dimensions

152 x 229 x 1mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

20

ISBN-13

978-1-158-71826-9

Barcode

9781158718269

Categories

LSN

1-158-71826-8



Trending On Loot