Manuscript document written by Gen Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole while headquartered at Messina, 25 September 1807.

This document provides instructions and guidance to General Officers Commanding (GOCs) on the preparation of their Brigades for campaign marches. It covers topics such as organisation of baggage, the transportation of the sick, supply of provisions, the hiring of mules, officers’ horses, ammunition supply and the duties of Brigade Majors.  

From a collection of papers relating to Gen Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole; associated with the Peninsular War (1808-1814); associated with the Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815).