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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kasia, post: 1454394, member: 31533&quot;]86. BARCELONA RELIEVED. ^ May, 1706. Bust of Anne, I., hair tied in a knot at thetopof thehead,lovelock on the left shoulder, in gown with straps on the shoulder, andmantle. Leg. ANNA . D : G : MAG : BR : FRA : ET . HIB : REG. Below, CROKER. (John Croker.) Same as No. 49. Rev. The city andharbourof Barcelona: above, thesuneclipsed. Leg. BARCELONA . LIB . GALLIS . FVG. (Barcelona relieved, the French put to flight.) Ex. i . MAII . MDCCVI. 1-35. Rapin,iii. 12. VanLoon,V. 22. Thes. Num.582. MB. JR. (two varieties), M. Common. The obverse of this medalpresents thesame varieties as No. 49. The French party determinedto regain possession of Barcelona,andPhiliphimself,withtheassistanceof Marshal de Tesse and30,000 troops,andof theFrenchfleetundertheComtedeToulouse,commenceda vigorous attack,and reduced the place to great extremities. When, however, notice was received of theapproach of theBritishandDutch fleets under Admirals Leake and Byng, and of the arrival of the Earl of Peterborough with reinforcements from Valencia, the Comte de Toulouse hoisted sail and escapedinto Toulon. Thebesiegingarmy, a few days afterwards, also took the alarm, andon the1st of May,whilstthe sun was undera totaleclipse,theybrokeup,leavingbehind them most of their cannon andmortars, withvastquantities of allsorts of ammunitionandprovisions. This medal, having been executed in England, is datedafterthe old style.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Medallic illustrations of the history of Great Britain and Ireland to the death of George II (Google eBook)</p><p><br /></p><p>Edward Hawkins, Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks, Herbert Appold Grueber</p><p>&nbsp;Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1885[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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