NAM.2012-06-6-51

Ms letter written by Capt James Girdlestone, 2nd Bn 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment, to his sister, Mary, from Placentia, May 1813, discussing preparing for the next battle, the constant changing of plans, struggling after having been away for 7 years, and the poor pay infrastructure in the army; associated with the Peninsular War.

Peninsular War (1808-1814)