Letter from Captain George Percival to his aunt, Mrs Charles Drummond, 11 July 1811
letter, letter
Accession Number
NAM.1982-02-8-17
Description
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 news of the campaign; the main theme of this letter is the hardships of living in camp, exposed to scorching heat during the day and mosquitoes at night. He also reports that Lord Wellington has been unwell, and has taken on the Prince of Orange as an extra Aide de Camp. 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.
Campaigns
Peninsular War (1808-1814)
Units
Associated collection
