Sketch of a disposition of 6500 Infantry to defend the position of Guarda and secure its retreat.
order, order
Accession Number

NAM.1968-07-397-7

Description

Papers: Sketch of a disposition of 6500 Infantry to defend the position of Guarda and secure its retreat. Three documents relating to the defence of Guarda in early 1810. Unknown hand, but two are signed by the same individual. Two of the papers relate to the disposition of troops in and near the Portuguese town of Guarda. The third paper is a set of written orders and procedures for the guard force and sentries. From a collection of papers relating to Gen Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole; associated with the Peninsular War (1808-1814) and the Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815).

Campaigns

Peninsular War (1808-1814), Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)

Associated collection