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Letter from Lieutenant Standish O’Grady to his father the 1st Viscount Guillamore, 12 July 1815
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Accession Number

NAM.1990-08-140-31

Description

Letter from Lt Col Standish O’Grady to his father the 1st Viscount Guillamoredated Croissy 12 Jul 1815. In this letter O’Grady describes the Allied occupation of Paris, relating that Blucher has threatened to blow up the Arc de Triomphe and that the Prussians have removed artworks from the Louvre which the French had stolen from Prussia. O’Grady states his intent to travel around the Continent before returning to England and that he will receive two years added to his service which brings him closer to his majority. 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).

Events

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

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