letter, letter
Accession Number

NAM.1974-06-34-12

Description

Letter from Lt Col Henry Murray, 18th Hussars, to his wife Emily, Plymouth Dock, 20 Mar 1814. Discusses Wellington’s recent successes and expresses himself anxious to be away from Plymouth. Also describes a positive letter supposedly sent by the Prince Regent to (General) Sir Thomas Graham relating to the failed siege of Bergen op Zoom. From a collection of twenty-two manuscript letters. Written by Lt Col Henry Murray, 18th Hussars, to his wife Emily, 1813-1815. Associated with the Peninsular War (1808-1814) and with the Battle of Waterloo (1815).

Events

Waterloo, Battle of, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo 1815), Vitoria, Battle of, 1813 (Peninsular War 1808-1814), Bergen op Zoom, Siege of, 1814 (Napoleonic Wars, Holland 1814)

Associated collection