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Accession Number

NAM.2003-05-1-45

Description

Typed transcript of a manuscript letter, 30 Apr 1814. Sent by Lt William Henry Hare, 51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) to his wife Mary from Bordeaux. The letter mostly relates to Mary Hare's pregnancy, with a few details of the latter days in Southern France, including the storming of Bayonne. From a collection of manuscripts letters with transcripts of Maj William Henry Hare, 51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry), 1813-1853. Associated with the Peninsular War, Southern France (1813-1814).

Campaigns

Peninsular War, Southern France (1813-1814)

Events

Bayonne, Battle of, 1814 (Peninsular War, Southern France 1813-1814)

Associated collection