Elvas

We breakfasted under a hedge at a place written "Elvas," pronounced "Hervas," and got a cup of coffee from a neighbouring gypsy camp.

The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton William Henry Burton Wilkins 1897

The Gentleman of Elvas estimates twenty-five hundred dead.

Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

The Gentleman of Elvas estimates twenty-five hundred dead.

Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

The court found that boys had been regularly taken to a house in the eastern town of Elvas during the 1990s to meet the paedophile clients.

Carlos Cruz jailed for seven years for paedophile offences 2010

“Elvas,” pronounced “Hervas,” and got a cup of coffee from a neighbouring gypsy camp.

The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006

The Spaniards defeated at Elvas (Jan. 14, 1659) and the Battle of Ameixal (June 8, 1663).

2. Portugal 2001

For the war against Spain he drew up a plan of campaign which, according to military experts, was worthy of the ablest general and which led to the victories of Elvas, Ameixal, and Castello Roderigo.

World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

For the war against Spain he drew up a plan of campaign which, according to military experts, was worthy of the ablest general and which led to the victories of Elvas, Ameixal, and Castello Roderigo.

World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

For the war against Spain he drew up a plan of campaign which, according to military experts, was worthy of the ablest general and which led to the victories of Elvas, Ameixal, and Castello Roderigo.

World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

The same night the army encamped at Aronches, and on the 9th moved to Elvas, where they lay when these despatches came away.

The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 George A. Aitken