Talavera de la Reina, a picturesque but dirty old town of Spain, in the province of Toledo, beautifully situated on the Tagus, 75 miles S.E. of Madrid by rail. It still manufactures pottery, and keeps up its famous fair in August. Here, on
July 27-28, 1809, Sir Arthur Wellesley, with 19,000 men and 34,000 useless Spaniards, defeated 50,000 veteran French troops under Joseph Bonaparte and Marshals Jourdan and Victor. Pop. 10,497.