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An engraving depicting General Sir Edward Paget (1775–1849) being captured by French cavalry during the Peninsular War. Serving as the second-in-command to the Duke of Wellington, Paget was taken prisoner on 17 November 1812 during the British retreat from Burgos when he inadvertently rode into a gap between his divisions and was intercepted by a party of French dragoons. Based on a contemporary print, the illustration captures the moment the British officer was surrounded by enemy soldiers while traversing a rugged Spanish hillside. c.1850.
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