by Marcus | Feb 6, 2021 | Iberian Peninsula, Musings
French and Spanish troops occupied Portugal in late 1807, following the departure of the Portuguese royal family for Brazil. General Junot, commander of the French forces, disbanded the Portuguese army. In 1808 Spain and Portugal rose against Napoleon’s rule. Great...
by Marcus | Feb 3, 2021 | Musings, Portugal
Wellington’s Anglo-Portuguese army was put into winter quarters in north-east Portugal following the difficult and at times brutal retreat from Burgos in October and early November 1812. The 4th Division, commanded by Lowry Cole, was quartered in a hilly area running...
by Marcus | Feb 3, 2021 | Musings
On 29 January 1812 a young lieutenant in the 88th regiment of foot lost his fight for life having been wounded in the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo 10 days earlier. Lieutenant John Theophilus Beresford was the son of Marcus Beresford and Lady Frances Arabella Leeson,...
