el nuevo libro verde de barcelona

1809/06/03

Five people are executed by order of the French on suspicion of having committed an attack against the French army. They are known popularly as heroes of the Fatherland. »
Juan Cortada & José de Manjarrés with Josefina Roma (1848). El libro verde de Barcelona. Añalejo de costumbres populares, fiestas religiosas y profanas, usos familiares, efemérides de los sucesos mas notables acaecidos en Barcelona. Barcelona: Sauri. [Private collection: GBS OCR too poor to use.]  »

1809/04/01

Arrest of the persons in office at Barcelona for refusing the oath. St. Cyr himself remained some three weeks in Barcelona. From the depôts of the Spaniards, which in the course of this successful campaign had fallen into his hands, he had supplied the garrison of that city with grain, pulse, and salt for three months’ [...] »
Robert Southey (1828). History of the Peninsular War. London: John Murray.  »


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