2023-07-16 16:18:48
In the summer of 1823, this small island of Puerto Real, in Cádiz, became the last bastion of Spanish liberalism that, with just a handful of men, decided to confront the all-powerful French Army to avoid a return to absolutism.
Picture of the intervention on the island of Trocadero by Los Cien Mil Hijos de San Luis
On page 73 of his operations log, Lieutenant Colonel Manuel Bayo thus reflected the anguish of the last moments on the island of Trocadero: «The enemy, seizing our pieces, turned some against us and began to fire grenades at…
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