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The town of Balmaseda, faithful to its customs and traditions, makes use of history to commemorate one of its many past events: the celebration of the burning of this Village<\/strong> by Napoleon’s troops during the War of Independence, on 8 November 1808, with a popular representation of the events.<\/p>\n

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The uprising against the French in Madrid on 2 May 1808 marked the beginning of the War of Independence.<\/strong> This event was also echoed in Balmaseda. Initially, here as in the whole of the Se\u00f1or\u00edo de Bizkaia, opposition to the French was belated. After the uprising in Bilbao<\/strong> was quickly suppressed, the Provincial Council began to send circulars to the neighbouring towns encouraging them to cooperate in the uprising. <\/p>\n

The village became a transit point for the armies of both sides<\/strong>, with cross attacks and costly supplies and burdens for the people of Balmaseda.<\/p>\n

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In this advance and retreat of the troops through our area, in the period from October to November, it is worth mentioning the battle that took place on 5 November, which was a major setback for the French, under the command of %22Villate%22, who lost a cannon, ammunition wagons and a great deal of baggage in their retreat.<\/p>\n

These attacks reached Napoleon, who was in Bayonne,<\/strong> so he sent Lef\u00e9vre with more troops from Bilbao to pursue Blake and Marshal Victor from Ordu\u00f1a and Amurrio against Balmaseda.<\/p>\n

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On 7th November, the French took the direction of Balmaseda, through the Cadagua Valley, with the Divisions of Sebastiani on the left, Villate on the right and Leval in the centre.<\/p>\n

Due to French superiority, the Blake troops retreated in an orderly fashion along the Balmaseda road to Nava de Ordunte, leaving a rearguard to cover the withdrawal.<\/p>\n

On the rainy day of 8th November 1808, the French troops with the Villate, Sebastiani and Leval Divisions occupied the Village<\/strong>, while Marshal Victor reached Orrantia, forcing the Spaniards to retreat towards Nava and the rearguard that remained in Balmaseda retreated in the direction of Santander.<\/p>\n

Perhaps upset by the battles they had lost a few days earlier, either as a punishment for not having been supported by the town or because it had been abandoned to its fate, the soldiers of General Chass\u00e9’s Brigade set fire to Balmaseda<\/strong> as an example for other towns, on 8 November 1808<\/strong>, the greatest known disaster for our town.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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