"Monument’s Men 1815." Topic
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Tango01 | 01 Nov 2019 3:07 p.m. PST |
"This year marks the 200th anniversary of the first organised art reclamation operation in history. It was conducted by the individual nations then occupying Paris in 1815 after the Battle of Waterloo, and on behalf of others. I have chosen to tell it through the eyes of the Spanish effort. General Miguel Alava was a remarkable man, who had served with distinction first against Britain at Trafalgar and then alongside his old enemies during the liberation of Spain, becoming Wellington's closest Spanish friend. At Salamanca in 1812, Alava had been on the scene when Wellington had declared in French "Mon Cher Alava, Marmont est perdu!". As the army was battling across the Pyrenees he had the misfortune of being shot in the rump, when news reached Wellington he burst into one of his distinctive laugh's and immediately felt a spent bullet break his scabbard and hit his leg. Alava later acidly commented that it was because he laughed at his own mishap. On the day news arrived that Napoleon had abdicated Alava had stood at the table, raised his glass and offered the toast "El liberator de España"…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
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ColCampbell | 02 Nov 2019 6:49 a.m. PST |
Interesting article. Thanks, Jim |
Tango01 | 02 Nov 2019 11:54 a.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami!. (smile) Amicalement Armand
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