Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Camorra" to "Cape Colony"

part in the military operations against the Carlists, and in the

negotiations with their leaders, which put an end to the civil war in 1876. In the same way he brought about the pacification of Cuba in 1878. On his return from that island he presided over a Conservative cabinet for a few months, but soon made way for Canovas, whom he ever afterwards treated as the leader of the Cons...