NAM.1982-02-8-2

Manuscript letter dated ‘No.3 Lisbon, 20 October 1810’ from Captain Percival to his Aunt, Mrs Charles Drummond. 4 pages. Percival reveals that he is still in Lisbon because he was struck down with dysentery upon disembarking, but that he has now recovered and expects to move on later in the week. Percival states that the Portugesue are worried that the French may take Lisbon, but that he did not think the French could breach the Allies’ defences. 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), Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)