#olivencia

[hernanga]

#Olivencia #Organika

[theblueandthered]

At the beginning of 1810 we proceeded from Badajoz to Olivencia, and were there billeted on the inhabitants, two or more in a house, as the circumstances would permit. I remember one very curious thing which occurred at this time, which was that the names of the drum-majors of the three regiments that were collected in this place were Sun, Moon and Star, our regiment having the Moon, the Fifty-third the Sun, and the Ninth the Star, so that if having the Sun, Moon and Star fighting for us was any help, they were there all ready. Lawrence, William: The autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence; p. 41

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