The Crisis of the Spanish Civil War

The british had fled the peninsula in january 18 o nine. The main spanish army was well over 50 thousand strong, and they met a much smaller 30 thousand men french army on november nineteenth at the battle of ocona. They were unable to make a dent in the french lines. In october, quito was occupied and the old order was restored. So by new year's 18 ten, the first cries for liberty were fading echoes. But then out of nowhere, those fading echoes hit a wall and came reverberating back, stronger than ever. Because at that same moment, a major crisis hit patriotic spain. This crisis would up end sp Spanish rule