Copy of a Letter Written by a Young Officer in the Guards on the Day after Waterloo: (Lent by his niece, Mrs Field, of Minnick Wood, Holmwood, to the Rev. J. Rooke, Surrey.)
[n.d., c.1840.]
6 pages of manuscript & a map of part of the battle. Sheet: 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 9'').
A mid-nineteenth century copy of the letter written on 19th June 1815 by a soldier who had fought in Waterloo, the letter gives details from the battalion's leaving Enghien at 3 o'clock in the morning until after the battle. The soldier describes his horse being killed in the action, the numbers of those wounded and the order of events. The last page has a battle plan showing part of the battle.
[Ref: 49386] £140.00
6 pages of manuscript & a map of part of the battle. Sheet: 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 9'').
A mid-nineteenth century copy of the letter written on 19th June 1815 by a soldier who had fought in Waterloo, the letter gives details from the battalion's leaving Enghien at 3 o'clock in the morning until after the battle. The soldier describes his horse being killed in the action, the numbers of those wounded and the order of events. The last page has a battle plan showing part of the battle.
[Ref: 49386] £140.00