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Peninsular War (1807-1814).

 Subject
Subject Source: Ukat

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Letters of Joseph Barr Crispin, H. F. Sampayo and an unidentified British officer to Charles Stuart, Baron de Rothesay, diplomatist.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13640
Scope and Contents Letters, 1810-1813, to Charles Stuart, Baron de Rothesay, Diplomatist, on military and diplomatic matters.Three bundles of letters addressed to Baron de Rothesay, whilst minister to Portugal and Brazil at Lisbon during the Peninsular Wars. The first file consists of 48 signed letters of Joze Barr (otherwise Jose Barr or Joseph Barr Crispin), deputy British Consul in the city of Faro. The letters date between May 1810 and August 1813, and subjects include French military movement,...
Dates: 1810-1813

Surgeon's journal of Ebenezer Black.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14342
Scope and Contents

Covers Black's service in Italy and Spain as a surgeon during the Napoleonic Wars. Following enlistment as a hospital mate in 1806 Black rose to the position of Regimental Surgeon in Spain serving under the Duke of Wellington. The journal culminates in Black's experiences during the Siege of Tarragona.

Dates: 1806-1815.