A good Autograph Letter Signed, to Captain Simmons, about his sketch for embrasures for artillery attacking ships, reporting that “there are other modes proposed for effecting the object”, suggesting that “your opening must be increased a little to admit of depression, as many of our batteries are from 50 to 100 feet above the sea”.4 pp. 7 x 4 inches, fine.War Office, 18 February 1853.
General Sir John Fox Burgoyne (1782-1871), who had served with Moore at Corunna and commanded the engineering department in the Crimea.