

Real Academia de la Historia
Signatura: CAIT/9/3930/09(2)
Gracias a Rafael Pardo sabemos más acerca del oficial fallecido:
Inscription on a Monument erected against the Church of Villa Franca, in Catalonia, by the Officers of the 20th Light Dragoons, to the memory of CaptainHanson, in totem of their heartfelt regret.—" Let those journeying hither behold this stone—the me* morial alike of tenderness and of military glbry—erected by permission of the Most Reverend the Bishop of Barcelona. On the 13th September, 1813, Captain William Hanson, of His Britannic Majesty'! twentieth regiment of Light Dragoons, fell in a severe action with the Enemy's Cavalry on the fields of Monjos, contiguous to this Town, whilst gloriously fighting under the command of Colonel Lord Frederick Bentinck for the combined cause of . Great Britain and Spain. That this distinguished Officer, therefore, may live,her yond the grave, the Officers of his own Regiment, deeply lamenting his loss, have caused this inscription to be dedicated .to his respected name."
Excelente hallazgo. ¿Has podido localizarlo en fuentes inglesas?. Probablemente en napoleon-series.org te lo encuentran fijo
ResponderEliminarUn saludo
Rafa
Hola de nuevo. He podido localizar a este oficial: William Hanson del 20th Light Dragoons, muerto a los 25 años, en una escaramuza con los franceses a las afueras de Vilafranca del Penédes, el día 13 de septiembre de 1813.
ResponderEliminarEste oficial publicó unas cartas de viajes y unos comentarios muy críticos sobre el General Murray.
Te adjunto la información por e-mail
Un abrazo
Rafa