Spanish Joan of Arc — Agustina de Aragón
Its raining shells on a city in Spain. The French troops are nearing the city walls. City defenders are trying to handle the defense after they fall to the offense of the French forces one by one. One of the primary defense of the city walls cannon fell silent. The soldiers handling the cannon abandoned it to save their lives. The gun fired again not by the forces but by a lady, later hailed as Spain’s Joan of Arc. The name of the lady is “Agustina de Aragón”, and the city is Zaragoza.
French invasion of Spain:
Its Napoleonic era, The war clouds are over Europe again. This time the war is due to Napoleon conquests around Europe. Napoleon led an expedition to Spain. The invasion ended up to be a failure. Spanish invasion cost a lot of loss both in terms of men and material for the French.
Each city in Spain fought against the invading French forces. The church called upon the people of Spain to fight against the invading French. French were facing stiff resistance fight from building to building. There were Guerrilla forces formed by the defeated Spanish troops, which made matters worse for French. Also, Duke of Wellington just landed in the shores of Spain to drive the French out of Spain
Zaragoza was a town on the way to many important cities in Spain. Fall of Zaragoza is…
