Horace Vernet: Bitwa pod Samosierrą

Napoleon Bonaparte has swept his armies across Europe. Participation in the Napoleonic wars gives Poles hope of overthrowing the partitioning powers and regaining their independence. The heroic and self-sacrificial deeds of the Poles in Napoleon’s army gained immortal fame, thanks in part to the charge in Somosierra pass in November 1808. (Camerimage)