Tag: Battle of Guttstadt
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Some remarks of a cuirassier officer, 1806-1807 …
Jean de Gouttes recounts his experiences of the Prussian and Polish surroundings and battlefields in his correspondence with his parents … Schwarzach, 17 August 1806. Although I cannot put much structure into the details I have provided about Bavaria, I will continue to give you some as they are of interest to you. The predominant…
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An aide-de-camp’s experiences of the battle at Guttstadt, 1807 …
… I moved off at once; but hardly had I passed Guttstadt, when I found Cossacks on the right and left of the road and the whole artillery train of VI Corps turning back. I wanted to cross the ploughed land to proceed to the camp of the 69th (Regiment) and from there to Scharnich,…