Manuscript letter dated Camp Sobral de Monta Graco, 1 Sep 1808  from Capt William Maynard Gomm, 9th Regiment, to his sister Sophia. 4 pages.

One of six letters from Capt William Maynard Gomm, 9th Regiment, to his sister Sophia. He writes that the success at Vimeiro could have been more decisive and hints at his suspicions that the Convention of Cintra was lenient.

From the papers of FM Sir William Maynard Gomm, 1770 (c)-1865. Associated with the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815).