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government in 1874 to give him command of the Third Corps of the Army of the North, a unit that was essential to the defence of the régime. For three months he was responsible for the northern front opposing the
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at the end of the 1850s. Making use of legal provisions enacted in 1855, 1866 and 1868 to promote rural development, he set up an agricultural settlement at
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forces led by
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in 1810. In 1814 the family moved to Spain, where Manuel de la Concha began his schooling. He entered the
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