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- ↑ Esdaile, Charles (2003) The Peninsular War: A New History, p. 254. Penguin. At Google Books. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- 1 2 Esdaile Charles J. (2004) Fighting Napoleon: Guerrillas, Bandits and Adventurers in Spain, 1808-1814, p. 99. Yale University Press At Google Books. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- 1 2 Chartrand, René (2013) Spanish Guerrillas in the Peninsular War 1808–14. Osprey Publishing. At Google Books. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ↑ Esdaile 2004, p. 188
- ↑ Borrow, George (1841) "The Gipsy Soldier of Valdepenas", in The Monthly Review, pp. 117–9. May to August Inclusive. 1841. The Monthly Review , at Google Books. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
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