The graphic depiction of the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo by ‘The Devil’s Own’ Connaught Rangers with Lieutenant William Grattan.
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‘We’ll do this business with the cold iron!’ – The Storming of Ciudad Rodrigo (Part One)
The storming of Ciudad Rodrigo was a decisive engagement during the Peninsular War. This is one soldier’s moving account of the moments before the battle
‘Not Massacred Yet’ – The Siege of the International Legations
Surrounded by the enemy, 409 soldiers, marines and seamen of the Eight Nations Alliance do battle with the ferocious Chinese Boxers