"Letter of a Portuguese Soldier in Saragossa." Topic

"Another interesting link someone found and shared. I've attempted to translate it; hope I did well (I accept corrections). It will be the longest post I've ever published on this blog. Please, read it through, it has some hilarious moments, besides all the suffering and warfare.
Personally, I find that the way to author of this letter writes, shows he still had some sense of humor left in him (specially sarcasm) and that is what, most likely, made him survive, even after loosing his right hand. It tells us how he was taken to become part of the French army, how he escapes and how he joined the Spanish forces in Saragossa. This letter he writes to his beloved Nation is nothing less then an anonymous encouragment for the Portuguese to fight the French. And the last part has even brought tears to my eyes. Anonymous no more!
On another note, it would also be interesting for some Spaniard ladies to start a re-enactment group based on something I have underlined further down. I'm a strong believer in sending our wishes into the world; they may just com back…"
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Hope you enjoy!.

Amicalement
Armand

That's a very interesting letter. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to read it all before getting ready to go to work this morning; I'd like to return to it later.

Hope you enjoyed it totally my friend.

Amicalement
Armand