"Wine and warfare : the vivandières" Topic
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Tango01  | 15 May 2022 8:39 p.m. PST |
"Women have often accompanied men to war and military camps through the centuries could be a bawdy mix of wives and harlots not far removed from a quasi nomadic rabble or perhaps a travelling circus. One French officer complained that during the Peninsular War while the British had an army, the French had "a brothel" – Wellington disliked having women on campaign and only a very few were granted permission to join their lovers on the march; though many more came over anyway…." Main page link More about them here…
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| Rosenberg | 15 May 2022 10:19 p.m. PST |
read somewhere that in the Peninsula it was a common experience for British troops in the forward area to put out bowls with a few coins in and French vivandieres during the night used to take the money and fill the bowl with wine? |
| Tango01 | 16 May 2022 2:19 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 16 May 2022 9:05 p.m. PST |
NAPOLEON'S COURTESANS, CITOYENNES, AND CANTINIÈRES link Armand |
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