When I first read that, I set the book down because Bernard Cornwell had been portraying the Spanish as almost cartoonishly cowardly and this was too much for me to stomach. But that is exactly what happened:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Talavera#Preliminary_movements …
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There are some cases of military incompetence that are so ridiculous that people have a hard time believing them. The Mexicans really did lose the Battle of San Jacinto because they took a giant siesta and forgot to post sentries.
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