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Collection	George IV Calendar as Prince, Regent and King
Reference	GEO/MAIN/38889
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from George Keith Elphinstone to George, Prince of Wales, on the misfortune of the previous day's military actions against the French Revolutionary Army
Date	1 December [1793]
Writer	Elphinstone, George Keith
Addressee	George, Prince of Wales (1762-1830)
Description	Elphinstone refers to competition between the 'Royal' and 'Royal Irish' of who could go fastest which 'prevailed to the ruin of the whole'. He praises [Lieutenant-General Charles] O'Hara and [Major-General David] Dundas.
Place Of Writing	'Cap Brun, an outpost near Toulon- the ship is under sail. I send this scrawl by a boat after her'.
Language	English
Extent	1 document (1 page)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript paper; mounted
Access Conditions	Available in surrogate form only
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Publications	Published in A. Aspinall "The Correspondence of George, Prince of Wales 1770-1812" (London, 1964) Vol. 2; no 796
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