order book, order book
Accession Number
NAM.1978-10-111-1
Description
Manuscript order and letter book containing copers of General Orders and in and out letters of 6 Nov 1817 - 3 Apr 1818. Relating to the march of troops under Maj Philip Delatre from Trincomalie to Kornegalle during the Kandyan Revolt. With correspondence of 1819-1826 regarding to Delatre’s claims to an in creased pension. Bound with the above is an account of Delatre’s life and descendants made by W R Strut 1895, and press obituaries of Delatre. Associated with the Kandyan War (1813).
Campaigns
3rd Kandyan War (1817-1818)
Associated collection
