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First Carlist War (1833-1840): Heroic defence of Albocácer, 1889. On 6 and 7 August 1835, the Carlist General Ramón Cabrera ordered attacks in different places in order to mislead the Liberal army. The Carlist ringleaders Quilez and José Miralles de Benasal, known as "el Serrador", entered the town of Albocácer (province of Castellón) on 6 August with more than 1,500 soldiers. The scarce local garrison, formed by a total of twenty-eight men belonging to the first battalion of volunteers of Valencia, led by sub-lieutenant Liborio Lassantas, retreated into the church from where they fought a difficult resistance. Heroic defence of Albocácer. From "Historia de la guerra civil y de los partidos liberal y carlista" (History of the Civil War and the Liberal and Carlist parties) by Antonio Pirala, Vol I. Madrid, 1889.