The Worst Scrape - Retreat from Burgos October/November 1812 by Chris Collingwood. [Postcard]

PC1099. The Worst Scrape - Retreat from Burgos October/November 1812 by Chris Collingwood.

After a major victory at Salamanca (22 July 1812) Wellington occupied Madrid and then advanced to capture Burgos - unfortunately with insufficient siege equipment he was compelled to retire and forced to experience a harrowing retreat, it was, he said The worst scrape. However, when the campaigning season ended, Spain, south of the Tagus, was free of the French.

Postcard

Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)