NAM.2002-08-144-214

Letter, 17 Feb 1812 to 26 Feb 1812. Sent from Commodore Penrose, in charge of Naval Affairs at Gibraltar in Papages[?] to Lt Gen Colin Campbell, Lt Governor of Gibraltar, 17 February 1812 with postscript added on the 26 February 1812. Letter discusses affairs on Tarifa and movements of the French, and informs Campbell he has had very little news but had seen Belshes who was on his way home and that the 4th (King’s Own) Regiment of Foot were going out to the West Indies. A postscript adds that he only got to sea on the 22 February with his Squadron and flotilla. Associated with Napoleonic Wars, War at Sea (1803-1815), Napoleonic Wars, West Indies (1803-1810) and Peninsular War (1808-1814). From a collection of papers and other items associated with Lt Gen Colin Campbell, Lt Governor of Gibraltar, 1750-1850 (c).

Peninsular War (1808-1814), Napoleonic Wars, West Indies (1803-1810), Napoleonic Wars, War at Sea (1803-1815)