Bailen', or BAYLEN, a town of Andalusia, Spain, 22 miles N. of Jaen. It has manufactures of glass, bricks, tiles, &c. Pop. 10,000. Here the Spaniards won their first and only victory over the French, 19th July 1808, when about 18,000 French soldiers laid down their arms.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 661
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