In April 1809 the French and Austrian empires were once again at war. Austria had lost Dalmatia in 1805 which Napoleon gave to the Kingdom of Italy. The Dalmatian Army under General Auguste Marmont was stationed in Dalmatia. Marmons army had two divisions of infantry and heavily reinforced artill
This fierce fight continued for two weeks, with both sides strengthening at the same rate so that neither could gain the upper hand. In an attempt to demoralize the million people of Madrid and also to satisfy the curiosity of German officers eager to see the reaction of the civilian population duri
The morion is a European helmet in use in the 16th and 17th centuries, open, from the iron chapel and close to the cabasset1. It is characterized by its high crest. History, uses and evolution The morion would have appeared in Spain at the beginning of the 16th century and the French word is also d
In 1833 Spain found itself in the flames of a civil war. The king of Ferdinand VII had died leaving his wife Isabella on the throne. The latter attempted to reform the archaic structures of the Spanish state. But he was faced with the reaction of many ethnic groups, but also of traditional forces in