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The prisoners of Cabrera : Napoleon's forgotten soldiers, 1809-1814 by Smith, Denis, 1932- is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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After their surrender at the Battle of Bailen, 12,000 French prisoners of war were exiled to the bleak island of Cabrera in the Mediterranean, eight miles from Majorca, with only the clothes on their backs, no shelter, insufficient fresh water, and no food supply other than the meager rations dropped off intermittently by the Spanish. By the time they were repatriated to France after Napoleon's defeat five years later, their number had dwindled to 2,500. Never before told in English, the story o
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- Author
- Smith, Denis, 1932-
- Publisher
- Four Walls Eight Windows ; Turnaround
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781568582122
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- History, Fiction, Literary
- Rating
- 4.9 / 5 (8 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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