A corporal of the 13th Dragoons killing a French colonel
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Accession Number

NAM.1971-02-33-533-40

Description

A corporal of the 13th Dragoons killing a French colonel Shows Cpl William Logan killing Col Vital-Joachim Chamorin, commander of the French dragoons, at the Battle of Campo Mayor, 1811. Aquatint drawn by Dighton, engraved by M Dubourg, published and sold December 1st 1818. From ‘Historic, Military and Naval anecdotes, of personal valour, bravery and particular incidents which occurred to the armies of Great Britain, 1803-15, and her allies, in the last long-contested war terminating with the Battle of Waterloo’, published by Edward Orme, 1819. Associated with the Battle of Campo Mayor (1811), Peninsular War (1808-1814).

Events

Campo Mayor, Battle of, 1811 (Peninsular War 1808-1814)