The Peninsular War: Disaster at Burgos (with Charles Esdaile and Mark Thompson)

<p>After the famous Victory at Salamanca in July 1812, Wellington occupied Madrid. At this point, he seemed to lose his magic touch.</p> <p>In this episode, I am joined by historians Charles Esdaile and Mark Thompson to learn the full story behind the campaign known as "Wellington's worst scrape". </p> <p>Mark is on Twitter <a href='https://twitter.com/MarkSThompson2'>https://twitter.com/MarkSThompson2</a></p> <p>And so is Charles Esdaile - <a href='https://twitter.com/CharlesEsdaile'>https://twitter.com/CharlesEsdaile</a> </p> <p>If you want to support the show then <a href='https://redcoathistory.com/newsletter/%20'>please sign up for my mailing list </a>and receive your two free eBooks. I will send you a monthly newsletter packed with fascinating links related to military history. </p>