| Summary: | This paper analyses a number of problems caused by the insurgents following José Antonio Torres, Hidalgo and other leaders when they assembled in Guadalajara from mid-November 1810 until January 15, 1811, like lack of food and accommodation, overcrowding, public health and security issues. During these two months, the troops assembled numbering twice as many as this capital's usual population, the city was overwhelmed. Communications, regulations, food and water supply systems, as well as everyday life were disrupted and altered. When the rebels left the city and moved to Puente de Calderón to wait for the royalists led by Calleja, Guadalajara was a “scene of desolation”, as stated by some eyewitnesses.
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