Extract from a Letter of Thomas Warre
London, June 20, 1810.
My Dear Father,
I write these few lines to inform you I this morning received a long letter from William, from Fornos d’Algodres, June 6th, the same place they were in before. He is very well and writes in very good spirits. They have had dreadful bad weather by continual rains.
The French have invested Ciudad Rodrigo closer, but William thinks before they attack that place, they will drive in our advance corps, General Crawfurd’s Division, which overlooks their operations, and should they succeed in driving them in, Beresford’s forces must retire to concentrate. But William does not expect they will succeed, not being in sufficient force. He still speaks favourably of the native troops, who are kept a good deal on the alert. They have lately had great feasting. Ld. Wellington on the 4th inst. gave a dinner to Beresford, which was returned by him, and all went off remarkably well.
William has again written to poor Clara, but fears nothing he can urge will induce her to move at present. I lament it exceedingly....
On getting to Throgmorton St. I found a few lines from Capt. Hardy. The date is 28th of May off Fernesen in the Gt. Belt. He merely says that he is quite well, and that they are proceeding on to the Baltic, that is the St George, Formidable, Stately and Resolution, and that nothing had occurred worth noticing.
Extract from a Letter of Thomas Warre
Hendon Place, July 8, 1810.