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Letter from Lord Stewart …

Letter from Lord Stewart, Vienna, to Lord Burghersh, 3 March 1815; received at Leghorn, 10 April 1815 (pp.77-80) ‘My dear Burghersh I have written a long letter to Lady Burghersh, and I know not that I have any thing to add worth your perusal. You will see we shall all have to draw our swords again and your melodies at Florence must yield to the sound of trumpets. I am a little afraid Bonaparte may be too rapid for the Duke. I believe the Army in the Low Countries very unfit. Our own troops never have seen a shot fired and are young. The Guards all recruits, the Hanoverians without officers. I have no idea of the Dutch battalions being great things. The German cavalry are the only weapon that is tolerably reported on. We must get every thing we can from England and at least 10,000 cavalry and then we shall do. Let me hear from you and Believe me Ever yours most sincerely Stewart Lieutenant General’ – From: Londonderry Estates – Additional Records Acc: 1193(D)

ref no.D/Lo/C 799(04)
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Date1814,
1846
EraHanoverian (1714 to 1837),
Victorian (1837 to 1901)
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