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In the end the expedient decision was made—to strand the prisoners on the small island of Cabrera.
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- "Cabrera Prison Camp". Mallorca Days Out. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2023.When Napoleon abdicated in April 1814 arrangements were made to repatriate the survivors and two convoys took 3,700 men to France the following month; another 1,200 who had served in the Spanish army followed. Statistics do not express the misery the prisoners were subjected to but it is reckoned that around 11,800 were taken to Cabrera Island. Around 5,000, or 40 percent, died and lie in unmarked graves.