• Reference
    W1/5525
  • Title
    Captain R Steele to Samuel Whitbread II
  • Date free text
    24 December 1813
  • Production date
    From: 1813 To: 1813
  • Scope and Content
    Heavy rain arrests army's progress. A Spanish division has moved to cut off Soult's supplies, and he has moved. Garrison of Bayonne in 2 divisions: powerful outworks. Sir Stapleton Cotton here; Picton expected hourly. Wellington's hedquarters at St Jean de Luz.
  • Level of description
    item