6 sentences with 'royalists'
Example sentences and phrases with the word royalists and other words derived from it.
• « The royalists were not defeated until the summer, and after that defeat the revolutionary army inflicted a form of revenge on the region's population that verged on genocide. »
• « Together with other easterners, Artigas led the people of the Uruguayan campaign in their struggle against the royalists who dominated Montevideo. »
• « General San MartÃn calculated that the royalists would land at San Lorenzo, near the Franciscan convent of San Carlos, as indeed they did at first light in the morning. »
• « The battle lasted only a few minutes and the royalists withdrew quickly to avoid further losses. »
• « Many of the royalists began to turn to the American side, and many towns declared themselves in favour of the United Army for Peruvian independence. »
• « At the beginning of July, the royalists decided to withdraw from Lima, which San Martin entered on the 10th amid popular jubilation. »