letter, letter
Accession Number
NAM.2012-06-6-31
Description
Ms letter written by Capt James Girdlestone, 2nd Bn 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment, to his sister, Mary, from Arripiado, January 1811, discussing fugitives suffering from hunger and fever, close encounters with the French Army across the river in Chamusca, and difference between British/French and Spanish warfare; associated with the Peninsular War.
Events
Torres Vedras, Lines of, 1811 (Peninsular War 1808-1814)
Associated collection
