by Marcus | May 6, 2021 | Iberian Peninsula, Portugal
On the 16th of May, Redcoat History will be releasing a special episode to mark the 210th anniversary of the Battle of Albuera – one of the bloodiest and most controversial battles of the war. Host Christian Parkinson will be joined by historians Mark Thompson...
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,...