In his highly detailed letter of the 20th June 1815, George Packe provided a description of the Battle of Waterloo: ‘Sunday, we mounted our horses, with everything wet, which was not very agreeable, and I [had] had not any one thing to eat since Friday, excepting a small piece of sour bread, which was as good as the most delicate fricasee. We took up our position on the right of the line, and at about ten o'clock, I looked on the top of the hill, and saw amazing columns of French coming on. The action commenced at eleven o'clock, and in good earnest. At about three o'clock, when we had been under fire of the enemy about two or three hours (for they did not begin by cannonading us), a piece shell hit me in the left groin, and knocked me off my horse.’ In addition to the letters the file contains extensive genealogical information and details of George Packe’s military service. It should also be noted that the entire contents of this file form part of the on-line archive.

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