NAM.1990-08-140-28

Letter from Lt Col Standish O’Grady to his father the 1st Viscount Guillamore, dated from a village in front of Paris, 1 Jul 1815. In this letter O’Grady describes the harsh actions of the Prussian army against the French civilian population, saying they ‘have spread fear and dismay round about them - murder and pillage wherever they are’. He also recounts the losses suffered by his regiment at Quatre-Bras and Waterloo; two officers were killed and 15 wounded. He complains that Wellington’s dispatch, presumably that of 22 June reprinted in The Times, was too flat and that Bonaparte’s version of events did the British Army more justice. O’Grady also reports that with the deaths of Hodge (Maj Edward Hodge, killed at Genappe on 17 Jun 1815) and Myers (Lt Arther Myers also killed at Genappe 17 Jun 1815) he will get his own troop without having to purchase it. Col Sir Edward Kerrison has recommended O’Grady to Wellington for promotion. Typed transcript in separate folder. From a collection of 45 letters associated with Lt Col Standish O’Grady, later 2nd Viscount Guillamore 1813-1830. These letters include those written whilst serving as a Lieutenant with the 7th Light Dragoons in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo, 1815-1830. With manuscript and typescript transcripts. Associated with the Peninsular War (1808-1814) and Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815).

Waterloo, Battle of, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo 1815)