Editing Battle of Salamanca (section)

==Cultural references==
[[File:Coat of Arms of the 62nd Infantry Regiment Arapiles.svg|thumb|right|Armorial achievement of the [[Spanish Army]] 62nd Regiment of Infantry (formerly Mountain Hunters){{sfn|ejercito|2019}} "[[Arapiles, Salamanca|Arapiles]]".<br /> [[Edward VII|King Edward VII]]'s [[Royal cypher|cypher]] and the name of the [[16th The Queen's Lancers|British Army unit]] that played a prominent role in the Battle of Salamanca were added at the beginning of the [[Peninsular War]] Centenary (1908).{{sfn|ejercito|2011}}]]
*The battle is mentioned in [[Leo Tolstoy|Tolstoy]]'s novel ''[[War and Peace]]'', Book 10 Chapter XXVI. Prior to the [[Battle of Borodino]], Tolstoy describes [[Napoleon I|Napoleon]] as receiving an [[aide-de-camp]], [[Charles Nicolas Fabvier|Fabvier]], who has just arrived with news of the Battle of Salamanca. "Fabvier told him of the heroism and devotion of his troops fighting at Salamanca, at the other end of Europe, but with one thought – to be worthy of their Emperor – but with one fear – to fail to please him. The result of that battle had been deplorable. Napoleon made ironic remarks during Fabvier's account, as if he had not expected that matters could not go otherwise in his absence".
*The battle features in ''[[Sharpe's Sword (novel)|Sharpe's Sword]]'' by [[Bernard Cornwell]], in which [[Richard Sharpe (fictional character)|Richard Sharpe]] helps Wellington bring the French to battle by feeding a known French spy [[disinformation|false information]]. Cornwell also duplicated Wellington's tactics at Salamanca in his retelling of [[King Arthur|Arthur]]'s victory at the [[Battle of Mons Badonicus|Battle of Mount Badon]], in ''[[Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur|Excalibur]]'', the third and final volume of Cornwell's ''[[The Warlord Chronicles]]''.
*The battle is described in Suzanna Clarke's ''[[Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell]]'', during the time that Jonathan Strange served under Lord Wellington.
*[[Salamanca Place]], in [[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]], commemorates the battle. [[Mount Wellington (Tasmania)|Mount Wellington]] is nearby.
*A mock-up of the battle is featured in episode 6, season 2 of the TV series ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]'', "Vergangenheit".
*[[Benito Pérez Galdós]]'s novel ''La Batalla de los Arapiles'', part of his series [[Episodios Nacionales]] features the battle extensively.
*''[[The Spanish Bride]]'', by [[Georgette Heyer]].
*''[[Jonathan Higgins|Higgins]]'' attempts unsuccessfully to reenact the battle at the beginning of episode 15, season 5 of the TV series ''[[Magnum, P.I.]]'' but is thwarted by ''[[Thomas Magnum|Magnum]]'''s unwelcome improvisation.
*Chapter 25, The Raid, of Watership Down has “‘By Frith, that’ll do,’ said Blackberry, for all the world like the Duke of Wellington at Salamanca. “