Parole towns in Britain [ Cities ]
… letter dated 10th January 1812.TNA ADM 105/61 Abstract During Britain’s war with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France (1793-1815), thousands of captured French officers and other captives were placed on parole in towns across the … and contact point between British communities and their paroled ‘guests’. Places > Cities Keywords Correspondence Europe France Residences Travel War Parole was a form of captivity used by Britain for certain types of prisoners who had been … at the move; it had come as a blow because he had been certain that he was to be released and sent home to France. Instead, he was being moved to a new town far inland and the letter suggests that he was severely disillusioned. …
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