In1808,thearmiesofNapoleonmarchedthroughSpanishcityafterSpanishcityuntiltheyreachedSaragossa,acitydefendedbysomeoldcannonsandaheavilyoutnumberedforce.Theystormedthecity,andtheSpanishtroopswerebreakingrankswhenawomancalledAugustinadeAragonarrivedontherampartswithabasketofapplestofeedthegunners.SeeingthegunnersabandontheirpostsandtheFrenchafewyardsaway,Augustinaranforward,loadedacannon,andlitthefuse,shreddingawaveofattackersatpoint-blankrange.
ThesightofalonewomanbravelymanningthecannonsinspiredthefleeingSpanishtroopsandothervolunteerstoreturnandassisther.Afterabloodystruggle,theFrenchgaveuptheassault.
一八○八年,拿破崙軍隊席捲西班牙大小城市,最後來到薩拉戈薩。這個城市只有一些殘舊大砲應戰,守軍也遠比法軍少。法軍大舉攻城,西班牙軍隊開始潰敗。一個叫奧古斯蒂娜.德亞拉岡的女人這時來到城牆上,手裏拿着一籃蘋果,預備給砲兵吃。她看見砲兵棄守作戰岡位,法國人就在咫尺之外,連忙跑上前,給大砲裝上砲彈,點着導火線,把迎面而來的一群攻城法軍炸得血肉橫飛。
看見這個女人勇敢操縱大砲,孤身抗敵,潰逃的西班牙軍隊和其他義勇兵大受鼓舞,都跑回來助她守城。一場血戰之後,法軍唯有收兵。