Peninsular War Battlefield Tour

[carojon]

Now in to the second week of a three week trip across Spain and Portugal, I have grabbed some time to put together a post looking at our first three days covering the Corunna retreat of Sir John Moore.



This area of Spain offers dramatic changes in scenery, moving from the Galician mountains onto the plains of Leon and when referring to some of the accounts of those who took part in the campaign, really helps bring the sites to life.



If you would like to know more then just follow the link to JJ's

https://jjwargames.blogspot.com/2019/06/corunna-retreat-peninsular-war-tour-2019.html

Jonathan (JJ)

[bluewillow]

Fabulous and envious Johnathon, a absolute cracker of a blog post.

 I do like to walk the battlefields, as ex-army and professional surveyor I can get a feel for a battlefield when I walk it, particularly with first hand accounts and battlefield reports, I have Penisula battlefield sites on the one day list.


cheers
Matt
French Wargame Holidays
L'Hotel de Hercé
Mayenne, pays de Loire
France
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[Lord Raglan]

Enjoy your trip Jonathan, it certainly is a beautiful part of Europe and steeped in history, a perfect trip for wargamers and tourists alike.

[Sir_Theo]

Fantastic blog post. Really interesting.

[carojon]

Thanks for the comments chaps.

Aiming to have the Salamanca report up in a few days.

JJ

[DintheDin]

Very substantial and so well presented, one feels he was there!
Thank you for sharing! Cheers!