After the famous Victory at Salamanca in July 1812, Wellington occupied Madrid. At this point, he seemed to lose his magic touch.

In this episode, I am joined by historians Charles Esdaile and Mark Thompson to learn the full story behind the campaign known as "Wellington's worst scrape". 

Mark is on Twitter https://twitter.com/MarkSThompson2

And so is Charles Esdaile - https://twitter.com/CharlesEsdaile 

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