£400 - £500
1811-17 Entire letters from Captain Edward Michell, Royal Artillery, to his parents or sister in Gloucester, written from Tarifa (19 Feb. 1811, then besieged by the French), Oudenbosch (20 April 1814, recovering from severe wounds received leading the assault on Bergen-op-Zoom), Woolwich (30 July 1814, still recovering from wounds) or Longvenisse near St. Omer (21 Sept. 1817, part of the army of occupation, awaiting the Duke of Wellington who is to review the cavalry prior to grand movements on the Scheldt). Four good letters from Michell who served with distinction throughout the Napoleonic wars, was British Commissioner with the Spanish armies in the Carlist wars, and commanded the Royal Artillery and Engineers in Syria in 1840 with the rank of Brigadier-General. (4).
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