Tag: Duchy of Berg

• Officer Boudousquie (18th Line) on the road to Russia, 1812 (I) …

  

  Pierre-Alain Boudousquie was born on 9 May 1791 at Cahors, where his father was a director of messengers. Before entering the Ecole Militaire, he had to complete a solid education, as can be deduced from this extract from one of his letters, written in August 1807 (he was then sixteen): ‘I was awarded four first…

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  November 30, 2022

  1812 Campaign, Infantry, Letters – Correspondence, Logistics – War Commissionary – Intendancy, Officer, Soldier

  1812, Bivouac, Croats, Daily life, Duchy of Berg, General Compère, General Razout, Germany, Marshal Davout, Marshal Ney, Marshal Oudinot, Military School, Poland, Portuguese, Prussia, Russia, Westphalia