| Description | French translation of ciphered letter sent to Autun, where Captain Raphael was being held prisoner. In the first paragraph the writer explains that the contents are being read and to pass the information on to N[?]. The writer speaks of fighting off death; of other prisoners; and government allowances or the lack of them. The letter also discusses various battles and the conditions, and gives news of the French occupation of Spain. He talks about going to church and gives details of what he is praying. The letter also discusses other people and how the writer has evaded capture.
[During 1808-1814, France and the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom, and Portugal fought for control of the Iberian Peninsula in The Peninsular War or The Spanish War of Independence]. |