The Worst Scrape - Retreat from Burgos October/November 1812 by Chris Collingwood (AP) SHT9 2nd - 7th July 1942

2nd - 7th July 1942 by David Pentland

practise combat manoeuvres in the skies above Kent in May

with the naval base of Faslane in the background

Original Watercolour by Sir John Gilbert

The Worst Scrape - Retreat from Burgos October/November 1812 by Chris Collingwood (AP) SHT9 2nd - 7th July 1942DHM1099AP. The Worst Scrape Retreat from Burgos October November 1812 by Chris Collingwood. After a major victory at Salamanca (22 July 1812) Wellington occupied Madrid and then advanced to capture Burgos unfortunately with insufficient siege equipment he was compelled to retire and forced to experience a harrowing retreat, it was, he said The worst scrape. However, when the campaigning season ended, Spain, south of the Tagus, was free of the French.