Accession Number
NAM.2020-01-30-4-14
Description
Correspondence to/from fellow officers to William Staveley (including from Gen Sir John Murray), 1813. The letters relate to military planning, strategy and tactics; memorandum on inspecting a military hospital in Escalhao; availability of equipment and supplies; engineering & construction; proceeding to Vittoria; sketch maps. The correspondence includes instructions for Staveley's movements and objectives; a sketch map of Portugal & Spain and a plan of the attack on the French on the Heights at Rolica.
Campaigns
Peninsular War (1808-1814)
Units
Associated collection