Sacking of Madrid (1749)

"Preceding Battle: The Battle of Cádiz""Succeeding Battle: Battle of Barcelona" The Sacking of Madrid was a battle during the War of Spanish Succession of 1749, on May 20th, 1749, in which Prince Ezequiel Clemente led the forces of the North Caribbean Company of the Lion Coalition to seize control of the city of Madrid from the Spanish Empire.

Battle Timeline

 * Prince Ezequiel Clemente leads his men into the sparsely-defended city of Madrid.
 * Ezequiel gives his men free reign, and they sack the city of Madrid, pillaging and plundering the city and slaughtering the few remaining Spanish soldiers within Madrid and any and all Pearsonic loyalists that they can find.
 * Ezequiel enters Palacio de Clemente and escorts his grandmother, Former Queen Pearl Petalbee-Clemente, out of the palace.
 * Ezequiel Clemente puts Palacio de Clemente to the torch, killing the remaining members of House Clemente loyal to Philip, and quite a few other vital Pearsonic loyalists.

Outcome:

 * The Lion Coalition seizes the entire Spanish treasury, bankrupting the Spanish Empire.
 * There is a severe decline in the numbers of Pearsonic loyalists.
 * The common people of Spain lose a bit of sympathy for the Lion cause.
 * The Lion Coalition takes the city of Madrid.
 * Lion victory.