The column of April 10 by Klod5
This column commemorates the battle of Toulouse that took place April 10, 1814 (day of Easter), between the army of Spain of Soult (35 000 men), and the one of Wellington. This last arrived on Toulouse March 26, strong of 50 000 men, English, Spaniards and Portuguese.
Soult had the opportunity time and again to crush the English advance, but the coldness with which the city had welcomed it, seem to have weighed on his decision not to persist in defending it, and to retire on Carcassonne.Also the battle of Toulouse is it discerned, soon like a victory of Soult (since it could clear his army without having felt serious losses), soon like a defeat (since it abandoned Toulouse).