Public Entry of Espartero into Madrid, 1854. 'The troops did not surround the Duke's carriage, nor in the least prevent the people from pressing close up to its doors, waving hats and handkerchiefs, and uttering man must have felt proud and happy at such spontaneous and unsought enthusiasm. Dressed in a General's uniform, and looking very well, and very young for his age, he stood up in his carriage and shook hands with many of the persons who thronged around From every balcony handkerchiefs were waved and flowers along the Alcala, through the Puerta del Sol, and
Public Entry of Espartero into Madrid, 1854. 'The troops did not surround the Duke's carriage, nor in the least prevent the people from pressing close up to its doors, waving hats and handkerchiefs, and uttering man must have felt proud and happy at such spontaneous and unsought enthusiasm. Dressed in a General's uniform, and looking very well, and very young for his age, he stood up in his carriage and shook hands with many of the persons who thronged around From every balcony handkerchiefs were waved and flowers along the Alcala, through the Puerta del Sol, and along the Calle in the streets, crowds at the windows, on scaffoldings, and on of all the side streets surged tides of humanity, bent on getting at least a passing glance of the Pacificator of Spain, as they love to call him'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.
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