Siege of Badajoz (1812)
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In the siege of Badajoz, also called the third siege of Badajoz, an Anglo-Portuguese Army under the command of the Arthur Wellesley, the Earl of Wellington besieged Badajoz, Spain, and forced the surr
"The Devil's Own" 88th Regiment at the Siege of Badajoz, by Richard Caton Woodville
Siege of Badajoz
General Sir Thomas Picton storming the Castle of Badajos. March 31st 1812
British infantry attempt to scale the walls of Badajoz, the site of one of several bloody sieges conducted during the Peninsular War.
Battle of Villagarcia
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The Battle of Villagarcia took place on 11 April 1812, near the village of Villagarcia de la Torre in Spain. Part of the Peninsular War, British cavalry under Sir Stapleton Cotton routed a French cava
A British heavy dragoon of the era
Stapleton Cotton
John Le Marchant