WELLINGTON, ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1ST DUKE. MILITARY ORDERS SIGN...

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WELLINGTON, ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1ST DUKE. MILITARY ORDERS SIGNED “ARTHUR WELLESLEY”, ADDRESSED TO THE OFFICER COMMANDING A DETACHMENT. Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, lst Duke. Military orders signed 'Arthur Wellesley', addressed to the officer commanding a detachment, 2pp., folio, in mount, framed and glazed both sides, Camp near Laulpet, 12th Jan., 1799. 'You will receive from Brigade-Major Colebrooke Major Allen's sword, which you will deliver over to the officer commanding at Poonamallee. You will parade with your detachment in the lines of the 12th Regiment in the morning, at the reveille beating. You will receive Major Allen from the officer of that regiment, at present in charge of him, and will proceed upon your march immediately¦it is necessary that you should arrive at Poonamallee as soon as possible¦you will deliver over Major Allen to the commanding officer¦Major Allen is in close arrest, but you will allow him every freedom which you may think consistent with the safety of his person.'. See Supplementary Dispatches and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur Duke of Wellington, vol I, pp. 169-170 *Condition: Restored to left and right margins. spotting.