Mont Tivel

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  • Tipple: a little alcohol
  • Montiel: a castle in the Campo de Montiel in La Mancha, Spain, about 200 kilometres southeast of Toledo → in the Battle of Montiel, 13 March 1369, Henry II of Castile defeated his half-brother Don Pedro the Cruel; this battle was part of the Hundred Years' War → in Cervantes' novel, Don Quixote begins his adventures in the Campo de Montiel
  • Nivelles: a Belgian town close to Waterloo; a key point in the Waterloo campaign
  • mont: (French) mountain