Siege of the Salamanca forts
Hello,
I'm looking for a bunch of information on the Siege of Salamanca forts (june 1812) leading up to the battle of Salamanca.
Other than this Wikipedia post, there is not a lot a can find on this topic :
I'm wondering if someone could help me find which regiments were located in which fortified monastery (there were 3 : S. Vincenze, La Merced and S. Cayetano).
I know that a part of the 86 french line regiment was active inside the forts during the siege.
Yet I would like to know in which fort (out of the 3).
Apearantly chef de bataillon Duchemin (65 regiment) was in charge of the 3 forts during the siege.
I can't find any information on this person. Maybe someone can help me where to look ?
Marmont left 800 men in these 3 forts to protect Salamanca from Lord Wellington (he was waiting for backup).
But other than to protect the forts, was there any other reason a (part of the) regiment was send to a garrison fort ?
Many thanks in advance.
Boris
Boris, unfortunately this work seems to be not available online (due to copyright reasons, the book was printed 1978?). It's very rare on the book market, too. I saw one or two copies in the last five years, buying one of them ;-) Best regards, Thomas