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Copy of a letter from Lt Col MacLeod of the 2nd Batt’n 78th Highland Ross-shire Buffs, To the Col of the Reg’t Major Gen’l Mackenzie Fraser immediately after the battle of Maida in Calabria fought on the 4th July 1806.
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Accession Number

NAM.2018-09-2-1-2

Description

Manuscript: Copy of a letter from Lt Col McLeod of the 2nd Batt’n 78th Highland or Ross-shire Buffs, To the Col of the Reg’t Major Gen’l Mackenzie Fraser immediately after the battle of Maida in Calabria fought on the 4th July 1806. Written from the camp near Maida, 7 July 1806 . Probably a contemporary copied out version. In it Lt Col Patrick MacLeod recounts the battle as he saw it, the different tactics, and his pride in his battalion’s actions. Lt Col MacLeod commanded the 2nd Bn 78th Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs) during the battle. He was killed in action the following year at the battle of Al Hamed, Egypt. Transcript available. Associated with the Battle of Maida, Napoleonic Wars, Italy (1806) 1806.

Events

Maida, Battle of, 1806 (Napoleonic Wars, Italy 1806)

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