A new feature for the Dusty Archive is a Napoleonic Events Diary, which lists all the Napoleonic-orientated events to be held over the coming year. It will be constantly updated, as new information is sent in. If you read the Diary and discover that your event is incorrectly entered, or you know of an event that has not been included, please send the information to me via the Editor. You will note that there are a number of Conferences planned for the coming months. Here are details of one of them.

WELLINGTON CONFERENCE, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON, 15th July 1995

This event will be organised by the Archives and Manuscripts Department, University of Southampton, in conjunction with the Hartley Institute. Its focus will be principally on the military career of Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington.

The Wellington papers held at the University are a collection of major importance both for military and political studies. They span the period from 1790 until the Duke's death in 1852. Amongst the overall holdings are approximately 15,000 papers for Wellington's career in India up to 1805. The section for the Peninsula War, which exceeds 25,000 papers in total, provides an unrivalled source for the history of British participation in the war. The post-Peninsular war period is equally well documented.

There are, for example, about 30,000 papers for the period 1833-52, which includes material for Wellington's third tenure of the post of Commander in Chief of the British Army. The Conference will provide an important forum to promote recent Southampton-based research work. The papers presented at the meeting will reflect not only the wealth of material available, but also the range of subjects which are currently being studied. The Speakers will be: Brian April on Relations Between Wellington and the Portuguese Government, Bill Halliwell on Wellington and India, Mark Romans and Stephen Petty on the Peninsular War, Karen Robson on Wellington and Military Patronage, Chris Woolgar on Gurwood's Edition of Wellington's Dispatches and Wellington's Image and Reputation.

There will also be a keynote address. Details of the conference are obtainable from Dr Chris Woolgar or Karen Robson, Archives and Manuscripts Department, Hartley Library, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ. Tel. 0 1703 592721/593724, or Fax 01703 593007.

NAPOLEONIC EVENTS DIARY

JUNE 4th June - 16th September

Bicentenary Festival to commernmorate the first British occupation of the Cape of Good Hope in 1795. Lectures and re- enactments in Cape Town, South Africa. Details from Mr Peter Michaels, PO Box 158, Muizenberg 7950, Cape Town, South Africa. 010 27 21 788 7691

17/18th Napoleonic re-enactment spectacular, Waterloo, Belgium. The 180th Anniversary of the battle will be commemorated by thousands of Napoleonic re-enactors. 0533864210

JULY

1/2nd Napoleonic Association re-enactment at Fritton Lake Country Park, Great Yarmouth. Battles, parades and Trade Fair.

15th Wellington Conference, University of Southampton. 0533864210 Day of lectures on Duke of Wellington. 01703 592721/593724

16th Visit to Apsley House, London, by the Association of Friends of the Waterloo Committee. 0171265 1081

22/23rd Major Napoleonic re-enactment at Boulogne, France, organised by La Grande Armee. 01533 864210

30th Napoleonic Association re-enactment at Bosworth, Leicestershire. 0533864210

AUGUST

12/13th English Heritage Regency Fair, Audley End House, Essex. 01799 522399

26/28th Napoleonic Association re-enactment, Margam Country Park, S. Wales. Major event with battles, parades and Trade Fair. 0533864210

SEPTEMBER

24th Visit to Museum of Artillery, Woolwich by Association of Friends of the Waterloo Committee. 0171 265 1081

30th Nelson Birthday Lectures, Central Library, Portsmouth. Day of lectures on a naval theme. 01705 819311

OCTOBER

7th Napoleonic Association Autumn Conference, National Army Museum, London. 0158224171

18th Autumn Meeting, Association of Friends of the Waterloo Committee. 0171265 1081

21st Nelson Society AGM and Trafalgar Dinner, Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk. 01803 213282

21/22nd 'Marching Into Captivity - Napoleonic Prisoners of War in Britain' Weekend tour of the Prison sites in Portsmouth plus lectures. Midas Battlefield Tours 01883 744955

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