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Liberators and Tourists: British Soldiers in Madrid during the Peninsular War
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Daly, G, Liberators and Tourists: British Soldiers in Madrid during the Peninsular War, Soldiering in Britain and Ireland, 1750-1850: Men of Arms, Palgrave Macmillan, CA Kennedy and M McCormack (ed), Basingstoke, pp. 117-135. ISBN 9781137270870 (2013) [Research Book Chapter]
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Abstract
On 12 August 1812, three weeks after the Battle of Salamanca,
Wellington's victorious army, comprising 36,000 British and Portuguese
troops, entered the gates of Madrid. Only a day earlier, Joseph Bonaparte
had abandoned the capital of his fledgling kingdom, cramming four
years' worth of belongings and loot into wagons bound for Valencia.
Now, thousands of locals lined the streets and balconies to cheer and
embrace the British redcoats. The soldiers were afforded a 'triumph' and
three days of celebrations. For the next two weeks the majority of the
army remained in Madrid, enjoying the Spanish capital, before over half
the troops headed north with Wellington. The remaining soldiers stayed
in or around Madrid until the end of October, almost three months since
they had first entered the city.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | History and Archaeology |
| Research Group: | Historical Studies |
| Research Field: | British History |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology |
| Author: | Daly, G (Dr Gavin Daly) |
| ID Code: | 79735 |
| Year Published: | 2013 |
| Deposited By: | Humanities |
| Deposited On: | 2012-10-01 |
| Last Modified: | 2018-03-13 |
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