Manuscript letter dated ‘No. 6, Cartaxo, 1st December 1810’, from Captain Percival to his Aunt, Mrs Charles Drummond. 2 pages. 

In this short letter, Percival states there is little news to report as the two armies are now settled into their winter quarters. He describes the army’s food provisions as poor and daily desertions from the army.

From a collection of  twenty-three letters of 29 Sep 1810- 11 Jun 1814, written by Lt and Capt George Harvey Percival, Coldstream Guards, to his aunt Mrs Charles Drummond in London from the Peninsula, 1810-1811 and the Low Countries, 1813-1814.