Life of Napoleon (Episode 26) - The Capitulations of Bayonne & the Battle of Balién

The boys really out here putting the 'pain' in Spain... This episode covers events from December 1807 to July 1808 Patreon link -   / historicallyadequate   Spotify link - https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZUdt7P... 0:00. Introduction 4:33. El Escorial Crisis 8:25. Invasion of Iberia: Corps Organisation 13:33. Invasion of Iberia 17:06. The Tumult of Aranjuez 22:17. Napoleon's Spanish Strategy: Mediterranean 29:55. Napoleon's Spanish Strategy: The Americas 34:16. The Abdications of Bayonne 40:30. A Bonaparte for Spain: Lucien 41:32. A Bonaparte for Spain: Jérôme 45:45. A Bonaparte for Spain: Louis 47:46. A Bonaparte for Spain: Joseph 51:18. The Madrid Uprising 57:11. Coronation of King Joseph I 1:03:16. The Spanish Juntas 1:07:34. The Flying Columns: Galicia & Asturias 1:13:21. The Flying Columns: The Battle of Medina de Rio Seco 1:17:34. The Flying Columns: Aragon & Catalonia 1:18:52. The Flying Columns: The Siege of Girona 1:23:16. The Flying Columns: The Siege of Zaragoza 1:29:30. The Flying Columns: The Siege of Valencia 1:33:0. The Flying Columns: Andalusia 1:38:07. The Flying Columns: The Battle of Balién 1:44:36. Battle of Balién: Aftermath Music: Le Chant du Départ, Hymne de Guerre de 1793 Composer: Etienne-Nicolas Méhul Conductor: Roger Boutry Instrumentation: Garde Républicaine Vocals: Choeur de l'Armée Française Sources/References: A History of the Peninsula War (Vol. 1 - 6) (1922) - Charles Oman A Social History of France (2004) - Peter McPhee Histoire de la Guerre Péninsule sous Napoléon (Vol 1 - 3) (1827) -Maximilien Sébastien Foy Mémoires sur la Guerre des Français en Espagne (1814) - Jean Baptiste Rocca Memoirs of the Duke of Rovigo (1828) - Anne-Marie Savary Mémoires du Maréchal de Grouchy par Le Marquis de Grouchy (1873) - Émmanuel Grouchy & Alphonse Grouchy The Memoirs of the Baron de Marbot (1903) - Marcelin Marbot (Translation to English by Arthur John Butler) The Campaigns of Napoleon (1966) - David Chandler In the Words of Napoleon (2002) - Philip Haythornwaithe & R.M. Johnston Napoleon (2015) - Andrew Roberts Napoleon's Wars (2006) - Charles Esdaile Regimental Lists and Orders of Battle sourced from the Nafziger Collection hosted on the Napoleon Collection: https://www.napoleon-series.org/ All letters, namely from Napoleon, sourced from https://www.napoleonica.org/fr/ Translations are my own except for those taken from Haythornwaithe & Johnstone. I use Google Translate when I don't understand a word or phrase. Most images from Wikimedia Creative Commons & Gallica. Zero use of AI for images or writing. Maps of Europe referenced from superb maps by Cyowari - https://www.deviantart.com/cyowari/ga...