NAM.2012-06-6-47

Ms letter written by Capt James Girdlestone, 2nd Bn 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment, to his sister, Mary, from a camp near Cuidad Rodrigo, November 1812, discussing the British Army being forced out of Spain, action at Salamanca, a disastrous retreat, a lack of assistance from the Spanish Army, and the loss of men; associated with the Peninsular War.

Peninsular War (1808-1814)