Captain Alexander de Roverea's Account of the Battle of Albuera

Captain Alexander de Roverea of the Sicilian Regiment served as an aide-de-camp to General Sir Lowry Cole during the battle.  Several months later, he wrote a letter to his father containing a detailed account of the battle that was eventually published in 1848 his father's memoirs.  Captain de Roverea was killed in action in 1813. 

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Pages 26 - 27	Pages 28 - 29	Pages 30 - 31
Pages 32 - 33	Pages 34 - 35	Pages 36 - 37
Pages 38 - 39	Pages 40 - 41

Source:  Mémoires de F. De Roverea, Colonel d'un régiment de son nom à la solde de sa Majesté Brittanique, écrit par lui-meme. (4 vols., Paris 1848), Vol. 4, pp. 26-40.

Placed on the Napoleon Series: September 2008

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