BIB_ID
425574
Accession number
MA 3498.188
Creator
Munster, George Augustus Frederick FitzClarence, Earl of, 1794-1842.
Display Date
Lesaca, Spain, 1813 August 4.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1980.
Description
1 item (2 pages, with address) ; 23.4 x 18.3 cm
Notes
The letter is signed "FitzClarence". He did not receive the title of the Earl of Munster until June 4, 1831.
Address panel with fragments of a seal and postmarks to "Mrs. Fitzherbert / Tilney Street / Park Lane / London / All's well."
Address panel with fragments of a seal and postmarks to "Mrs. Fitzherbert / Tilney Street / Park Lane / London / All's well."
Provenance
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1980.
Summary
Reporting news of the battlefield; saying "We have fought some most desperate Battles & have always come off with Victory - Horace is well & what is not of so much consequence to a young Lady in your House so am I & my Brother - Horace had his Horse shot - mine was graised on the nose with a Ball - Since the 25th In't the French have lost 16000 Men we 7000 - I refer you to the Gazette for leading facts as I have not Time to give an account of our most gallant exploits - Never has anything shewn Lord Wellington to more advantage or the British soldiers courage more than these opperations - We have taken great part of the Enemies Baggage & 4000 Prisoners...I have been in France - I send you oak leaves I took from a Tree to crown myself conqueror - The Prince of Orange takes the Despatches Home - I send Minney some Box I wore in my Hat during the whole of the Action as it was fought on the Anniversary of Talavera."
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