Catalonia Army. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED LOUIS EVEQUE, 7th Light Infantry Regiment, 4th Battalion, Voltigeurs Company, TO HIS PARENTS residing in Ribiers (Hautes-Alpes), September 18, 1811. 18855-22.

Army of Catalonia. SIGNED AUTOGRAPH LETTER BY LOUIS EVEQUE, 7th Light Infantry Regiment, 4th battalion, Company of Voltigeurs in Figueras, TO HIS PARENTS residing in Ribiers (Hautes Alpes), September 18, 1811. 18855-22

With address "Monsieur Jean EVEQUE de Ribiers department of the Hautes Alpes, district of Gap, post office at Sisteron for Ribiers." Postal stamp "ARMY OF CATALONIA."

Louis Eveque provides updates on his health after being hospitalized. He mentions borrowing money and now needing to repay it, asking his parents to send him something.
He shares news about his comrades, including his cousin Joseph Eveque, who is seriously ill and hospitalized in Perpignan. Life is expensive and the war is prolonged...
He mentions meeting an acquaintance, "I have just found Armand's brother in Figueras who gives news of you; he was killed in the regiment's artillery."
His address "Louis Eveque in the 7th Light Infantry Regiment in the 4th Battalion, Company of Voltigeurs in Figueras in Catalonia with the regiment."

Double leaf. 1 and a half pages.
Poor condition, foxing and damp stains, torn and cut edges with losses, creases.