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Letter from Lieutenant Standish O’Grady to his father the 1st Viscount Guillamore, 17 September 1813
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Accession Number

NAM.1990-08-140-8

Description

Letter from Lt Col Standish O’Grady to his father the 1st Viscount Guillamore, dated Bilbao 17 Sep 1813. In this letter O’Grady gives his initial impressions of Spain. He is not impressed with the quality of the Spanish soldiers he has met. He mentions the courage of the British regiments at the Siege of San Sebastian (July-Sept 1813) and the loss of one of this friends. Typed transcript in separate folder. From a collection of 45 letters associated with Lt Col Standish O’Grady, later 2nd Viscount Guillamore 1813-1830. These letters include those written whilst serving as a Lieutenant with the 7th Light Dragoons in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo, 1815-1830. With manuscript and typescript transcripts. Associated with the Peninsular War (1808-1814) and Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815).

Campaigns

Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)

Events

San Sebastian, Siege of, 1813 (Peninsular War 1808-1814)

Associated collection