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Napoleon'S Stolen Army - How the Royal Navy Rescued a Spanish Army in the Baltic (Paperback)
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Napoleon'S Stolen Army - How the Royal Navy Rescued a Spanish Army in the Baltic (Paperback)
Series: From Reason to Revolution
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This is the story of a Spanish army, commanded by the Marques de La
Romana, which was sent to Denmark by Napoleon in 1807, whilst
France and Spain were allies bound by the Treaty of San Ildefonso,
signed in 1796. When relations between the two countries broke down
in May 1808 they were soon at war with each other, and La Romanas
host became, in effect, a captive army in the hands of the French.
When Spain looked to forge an alliance with Britain against her
erstwhile ally, they found the British government only too eager to
help. The Royal Navy's dominant presence in the Baltic provided a
ready opportunity to seal the new alliance and, once the political
groundwork had been laid, plans for a daring rescue of the
entrapped Spaniards by Vice Admiral Keats' squadron were drawn up.
However, whilst efforts were being made by the British to
accumulate and prepare a sufficient amount of shipping to carry out
the operation, difficulties soon arose in making contact with La
Romana in order to convey to him the intentions of the Spanish and
British high commands. This almost led to disaster, and the whole
operation was saved only by some remarkable strokes of fortune, and
the magnificent leadership provided by Keats and La Romana. Until
now this remarkable and little-known story has had little coverage
in the various histories written about the Peninsular War, and what
has been said about it in the Anglosphere has been confined to a
description of events taken almost solely from a British
perspective. Now, with access to a comprehensive collection of
documents in the Spanish archives, it is possible to tell the story
of the Spanish contribution to the successful operation in the
Baltic, when the greater part of La Romana's army was evacuated
from Danish Baltic territory during the summer of 1808. Due to
circumstance and bad fortune, a significant part of the Spanish
army was left behind during the Royal Navy's action, and there is
an interesting story told about what became of these men, related
via the personal accounts left by two of the soldiers who did not
return to Spain with La Romana.
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