Peninsular War. Battle of Somosierra (Spain). Polish troops fought in the Battle of Somosierra (November 30, 1808), during the Spanish War of Independ

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Peninsular War. Battle of Somosierra (Spain). Polish troops fought in the Battle of Somosierra (November 30, 1808), during the Spanish War of Independence, with a heroic intervention carried out by the Polish cavalry under the command of Jan Kozietulsk. Polish Chevau-legers of the Imperial Guard fighting alongside the French in battle. Engraving by Lemaitre. History of Poland, by Charles Foster. Panorama Universal, 1840.

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