Agustina, known as the maid of Saragossa, died at Cueta, Spain, in June, 1857, at a very advanced age. She was an itinerant seller of cool drinks in Saragossa in her youth, and during the siege of that place by the French in 1808 and 1809 distinguished herself by her heroic participation in the severest encounters with the enemy. She was called la artillera, from having snatched the match from the hands of a dying artilleryman, and discharged the piece at the invaders. For her services during this siege she was made a sub-lieutenant in the Spanish army, and received several decorations. Byron has celebrated her in "Childe Harold."