Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel W Nicolay, Royal Staff Corps, to Major-General John Brown, 17 May 1815
letter, letter
Accession Number
NAM.1989-03-48-1
Description
Manuscript letter dated Brussels, 17 May 1815, from Lt-Col W Nicolay, Royal Staff Corps, to Maj Gen John Brown Associated with Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815). In this detailed letter Nicolay conveys the dispositions of the Allied armies in the run up to the Battle of Waterloo, and mentions several senior officers including Sir Hudson Lowe, Sir George Murray and Sir William De Lancey. One of four manuscript letters from Lt-Col W Nicolay, Royal Staff Corps, to Maj Gen John Brown, 1815; associated with Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815).
Events
Waterloo, Battle of, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo 1815)
Units
Associated collection
