NAM.1982-02-8-16

Manuscript letter dated ‘No. 24, Saint Aluia(?), 11th July 1811’, from Captain Percival to his Aunt, Mrs Charles Drummond. 4 pages. In this letter Percival has little of military import to relate, but reports that they have had no rain for some time and the ground is tinder dry, with the 6th Division’s camp having burnt down, along with miles of countryside around. He reports that Lord Paget (aka Earl of Uxbridge) is to arrive to take command of the cavalry. From a collection of twenty-three letters of 29 Sep 1810- 11 Jun 1814, written by Lt and Capt George Harvey Percival, Coldstream Guards, to his aunt Mrs Charles Drummond in London from the Peninsula, 1810-1811 and the Low Countries, 1813-1814.

Peninsular War (1808-1814)