letter, letter
Accession Number
NAM.2012-06-6-55
Description
Ms letter written by Capt James Girdlestone, 2nd Bn 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment, to his mother, from Vittoria, August 1813, discussing his regiment fighting against the French Army, the French defeat at the Garrison of Pamplona, his need of money after being wounded, and the reoccupation of the passes in the Pyrenees; associated with the Peninsular War.
Campaigns
Peninsular War (1808-1814)
Associated collection
