Later Military Career
Bacon returned to Europe, and espoused the cause of Pedro I of Brazil during the Liberal Wars but lost his command for looting and selling horses after the emperor's death. He spent the rest of his life trying to obtain arrears in pay and reimbursement of his own money spent in Portugal. He also carried on a running battle with Lord Lucan over the Battle of Balaclava.
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