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Daoiz and Velarde die defending the Artillery Park. [Graphic Material]
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Inscription at the foot of the image: "DAY TWO MAY, 1808. IN MADRID./Daoiz and Velarde die defending the Artillery Park./While one part of the people fights in the streets, another runs for weapons to the artillery park. The French send troops to seize it, and the Spanish guard, composed of a company of state volunteers, makes them prisoners of war./Daoiz and Velarde both captains of artillery, place five ca
Title: Daoiz and Velarde die defending the Artillery Park. [Graphic Material]
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Inscription at the foot of the image: "DAY TWO MAY, 1808.
IN MADRID.
/Daoiz and Velarde die defending the Artillery Park.
/While one part of the people fights in the streets, another runs for weapons to the artillery park.
The French send troops to seize it, and the Spanish guard, composed of a company of state volunteers, makes them prisoners of war.
/Daoiz and Velarde both captains of artillery, place five ca.
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