sentences:  Initially the governing council of the city refused the request from Murat, but eventually gave way after receiving a message from Ferdinand VII who was also in Bayonne at this time.The "Dos de Mayo" was among the few spontaneous popular uprisings of the war, occurring without significant fore-planning, funding or involvement by government elites.While various networks within the Spanish military and state bureaucracy envisioned military action to expel the French from the country, Murat's hold on Madrid was held to be unassailable in the short term.