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Wellington’s Mules

26 May 2017
by Grainger, Andy
Animals, Logistics, Mules, Napoleonic, Peninsular, Peninsular War, Wellington
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An article by Dick Tennant about a fundamental aspect of logistics from ancient times and still very relevant in the Napoleonic period - and beyond....

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http://gibraltar-intro.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/1705-two-centuries-of-smuggling-la-cosa.html

A very interesting article by Neville Chipulina about Gibraltar and smuggling!

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Arrieros de Gibraltar  - a rather diplomatic title for a picture which actually represents a couple of smugglers and their mules near Gaucin, half way between Gibraltar and Ronda ( 1830s - David Roberts )

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