© 01 January 2014 Roel K Vos
Bocequillas
41°20’11.40 N
03°38’24.00 E
= the middle off this village!
We could not find this building. I searched on The Napoleon Series and got the following
answer:
"The Emperor arrived at Boceguillas at the end of the same day. At that moment
endeavours were beingmade to extinguish a fire which had caught to a house situated
on the village market place. It happened to be the only one which could accommodate
him. During the night an icy fog, and the smell of the conflagration (grote brand,
rkv) of the previous day, together with his own impatience for the morrow's fight,
agitated him and he slept badly. The smell of fire at last drove him out of his quarter
into his tent, whence he came out several times to warm himself at our camp fires.
This caused him to get too early into the saddle, directly the morning report was
to hand, and as soon as he thought Victor's infantry was at the head ready to engage
battle on the mountain." An Aide-