| Battle of Barossa 5th March 1811 17:31 - Mar 6 with 1152 views | Thrasher6 |
For those interested. Just finished a march from Algeciras to the battleground in Chiclana. Took us 5 days...130kms. As the British did to meet the French and defeat them on the day...in The Peninsular War. We laid a wreath to appreciate their sacrifice..
A great 5 five days. But it was pretty tough. I doff my hat to how tough these men were then. We had certain comforts and modern equipment. .they would have had none. At the end of it they fought a battle as well. Extraordinary.
(The West Brom result on the first night gave me a spring in my step....and we laid the wreath just as the final whistle blew in the Coventry match.)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Barrosa?wprov=sfla1
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| Battle of Barossa 5th March 1811 on 18:34 - Mar 6 with 1107 views | Treforys_Jack |
Great effort thrash fair play. |  | | |
| Battle of Barossa 5th March 1811 on 18:54 - Mar 6 with 1090 views | Thrasher6 |
On here I'll get pelters for being:-
Pro War
Anti War
Self Indulgent
Etc
But it's just a discussion piece.. | |
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| Battle of Barossa 5th March 1811 on 19:12 - Mar 6 with 1080 views | Treforys_Jack |
| Battle of Barossa 5th March 1811 on 18:54 - Mar 6 by Thrasher6 |
On here I'll get pelters for being:-
Pro War
Anti War
Self Indulgent
Etc
But it's just a discussion piece.. |
To top it off, did you have a flag? | | | |
| Battle of Barossa 5th March 1811 on 20:50 - Mar 6 with 1050 views | Lohengrin |
Sounds a fantastic trip to me.  |  |
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| Battle of Barossa 5th March 1811 on 22:10 - Mar 6 with 1022 views | Thrasher6 |
| Battle of Barossa 5th March 1811 on 20:50 - Mar 6 by Lohengrin |
Sounds a fantastic trip to me. |
Thanks Lohengrin, it was a great trip. Felt a real empathy with what ordinary soldiers of the day had to endure... | |
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| Battle of Barossa 5th March 1811 on 23:07 - Mar 6 with 1005 views | britferry |
Lines of Torres Vedras... Welly at his best, suck them in on to his prepared defenses and then roll them all the way back to France |  |
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| Battle of Barossa 5th March 1811 on 23:35 - Mar 6 with 999 views | Jack123 |
May I ask, why you did that? The battle rung a bell with me slightly, but it's 1811? |  |
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| Battle of Barossa 5th March 1811 on 23:48 - Mar 6 with 994 views | Catullus |
| Battle of Barossa 5th March 1811 on 18:54 - Mar 6 by Thrasher6 |
On here I'll get pelters for being:-
Pro War
Anti War
Self Indulgent
Etc
But it's just a discussion piece.. |
Not from me, I've always wanted to do something like that but at 54 with a new hip a 130km walk might be a bit much.
Next year me and my son (because he really wants to) are heading to France to watch a PSG game, he wants to see Messi live before he retires. What he doesn't know is, part of my plan is to go to Ouistreham,
https://en.normandie-tourisme.fr/museums-and-heritage-sites/atlantic-wall-museum
I want to see where my Grandad waded ashore, well as near as can be figured out. Sword beach wth Lord Lovatt's mob. | |
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| Battle of Barossa 5th March 1811 on 06:54 - Mar 7 with 983 views | Treforys_Jack |
| Battle of Barossa 5th March 1811 on 23:48 - Mar 6 by Catullus |
Not from me, I've always wanted to do something like that but at 54 with a new hip a 130km walk might be a bit much.
Next year me and my son (because he really wants to) are heading to France to watch a PSG game, he wants to see Messi live before he retires. What he doesn't know is, part of my plan is to go to Ouistreham,
https://en.normandie-tourisme.fr/museums-and-heritage-sites/atlantic-wall-museum
I want to see where my Grandad waded ashore, well as near as can be figured out. Sword beach wth Lord Lovatt's mob. |
Plenty to see there Cat, nice statue of Bill Millin at Sword beach, whom I sure you know was Lovatts piper. | | | |
| Battle of Barossa 5th March 1811 on 09:01 - Mar 7 with 968 views | Thrasher6 |
| Battle of Barossa 5th March 1811 on 23:35 - Mar 6 by Jack123 |
May I ask, why you did that? The battle rung a bell with me slightly, but it's 1811? |
We did it to replicate what the British troops under Graham did. They landed at Algeciras, marched to Tarifa, then to Fascinas, then to Benalup, then to Vejer and then onto the the battle at Barossa Hill. | |
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| Battle of Barossa 5th March 1811 on 10:30 - Mar 7 with 956 views | Catullus |
| Battle of Barossa 5th March 1811 on 06:54 - Mar 7 by Treforys_Jack |
Plenty to see there Cat, nice statue of Bill Millin at Sword beach, whom I sure you know was Lovatts piper. |
It's long been an ambition to get to Normandy beachhead. I'm not obsessed with WW2 but I am mildly obsessed with my grandads story.
Reading his letters home, knowing the family story, it all really touches me. I've said before he was a Royal Marine Commando, he was anti war but still went to fight. At some point in my life he became my hero.
I read about the Peninsular wars too. I love history but human history is so full of war and destruction. It's such a shame. | |
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| Battle of Barossa 5th March 1811 on 15:25 - Mar 7 with 926 views | KeithHaynes |
Barossa is our local beach, minutes away.
Where we live is where the French were based, within site of San Fernando, they got routed by the British who ambushed them from the Medina side of Chiclana. A mate of mine here is well in to the history of this period. How those British soldiers felt in extreme heat in their red uniforms is beyond me.
Trafalgar is within site of Barossa as well. The history here is amazing. |  |
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| Battle of Barossa 5th March 1811 on 15:26 - Mar 7 with 924 views | KeithHaynes |
Why didn’t you let me know, chiclana is our home town !
Could have and a beer. | |
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| Battle of Barossa 5th March 1811 on 18:27 - Mar 7 with 895 views | Thrasher6 |
| Battle of Barossa 5th March 1811 on 15:26 - Mar 7 by KeithHaynes |
Why didn’t you let me know, chiclana is our home town !
Could have and a beer. |
Would have loved a cold one!!….but we were pretty exhausted and we had transport back to Gib. Shame because it seemed a lovely part of the coast...... | |
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