For a full month in the autumn of 1812 the 2, 000-strong garrison of the fortress the French had constructed to overawe the city of Burgos defied the Duke of Wellington. In this work a leading historian of the Peninsular teams up with a leading conflict archaeologist to examine the reasons for Wellington's failure. | Burgos In The Peninsular War 1808-1814 by C. Esdaile, Paperback | Indigo Chapters