PEREIRA FORJAZ MIQUEL: (1769-1827)

PEREIRA FORJAZ MIQUEL: (1769-1827) Portuguese General, 9th Count of Feira. Very interesting A.L.S., Forjaz five pages, 4to, n.p., 26th February 1810, to Charles Stuart, in bad French. Pereira refers to the French military troops commanded by Maréchal´s Soult brother in Spain. ´They have attacked Spanish troops at Villa del Rey, and the provisions taken indicate their intention of besieging the city of Badajoz. They will bring the artillery from Seville I suppose.... ´, further stating ´The French troops have been repelled in Malaga with heavy loss by 300 Spanish soldiers and 2000 peasants…they intended to relocate their cannonry at Seville but this caused a riot and they had to desist...´. He concludes his letter by promising a further report regarding an officer whose speeches would indicate the possibility of a revolution against the English in Portugal. With blank integral leaf. Some extremely, minor age wear, VG. £100-150