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PENINSULAR WAR Series of twenty-four autograph letters signed by Captain, subsequently Major, Samuel Hext, of the 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot, to members of his family in England, Obdios, Coimbra, Lisbon, Tarracilla, Villar, Le Mas, and elsewhere, 1809-1814
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'HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE NECK IN THE CHARGE & BLOWN TO PIECES BY A SHELL WHILE CARRYING OFF THE FIELD. I AM VERY WELL BUT NEARLY STARVED' - a series of letters describing service in Wellington's Peninsular Campaign and its aftermath. The author, Samuel Hext, was a Captain in the 83rd Regiment who was promoted Captain and awarded the Army Gold Medal for gallantry at Badajoz.
Included with his Peninsula letters is his journal of service with the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot during the Egyptian campaign of Sir Ralph Abercromby in 1800 (including an account of the Battle of Alexandria, opening: "At 4 in the morning a party of about 300 of the Enemy surprised a small redoubt on our left but on the approach of our Picquets after a little firing the retreated. At 5 a column of 6000 Infantry flanked by a large body of Cavalry advanced in the greatest order against our right: a Division of the Infantry made a most desperate attack on our principle redoubt but were repulsed by the 28th Regmt they returned several times to the attack but were obliged to retreat with immediate loss..."); together with a similar volume recording general orders issued during the campaign; his commission as lieutenant signed by George III; a memorial of his services and sundry other papers, including several relating to Admiral William Hext. See illustration on preceding page.





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