Tag: General Foy
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Recollections on the battle of Salamanca, 1812 …
Alphonse d’Hautpoul was born at Versailles on 4 January 1789. He was a cousin of the cavalry general of the same name, who lost his life at the battle at Eylau. Alphonse’s brother, Amand, served in the horse artillery of the Imperial Guard. Attending the Military School at Fontainebleau, Alphonse departed there as a second…
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A cavalry officer’s recollections of the battle of Vitoria, 1813 …
Charles Louis Constant, Count of Agoult (1790-1875), recalls his experiences set during the battle which is considered ‘the Waterloo of the Peninsula’. He was a captain serving in the 4th Dragoon Regiment. Our ‘fortunes’ in Spain were becoming more critical by the day. Reason had long been warning to withdraw behind the Ebro (river). Napoleon…
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The outset of the 1815 campaign, through French reports …
A couple of reports from the early stages of the 1815 campaign, starting with documentation from 15 June … Report from Marshal Ney to the major-général Soult. Gosselies, 15 June 1815, 11 o’clock in the evening. To His Excellency the Marshal major-général. MR. MARSHAL, I have the honour of reporting to Your Excellency that, in…
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Correspondence of General Foy in Spain, 1814 (V) …
LETTER FROM GENERAL BERLIER Barvas, 17 January 1814. MR. MAJOR, I have the honour to send you your nomination to the rank of major. I am delighted to see that justice has been rendered to you and that your services are appreciated. I would have wished that you had been granted this rank in the…
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Correspondence of General Foy in Spain, 1812 (III) …
In 1813, events were accelerating and soon the occupation of Spain by the French armies would come to an end. Foy and Duplan describe the military operations in which they took part and those that developments lead them to anticipate the future : Avila, 14 March 1813. MR. COMMANDER, It is by your letter of yesterday…
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Correspondence of General Foy in Spain, 1812 (II) …
Victor-Marie Duplan, officer in the Légion du Midi, joined the division headed by General Maximilien Sébastien Foy, he himself being the commander of the place of Canamero in 1812. We present the second part of orders and letters of his commanding officer, concerning this new role during this period in the Peninsular War. We read…
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Correspondence of General Foy in Spain, 1812 (I) …
Victor-Marie Duplan, officer in the Légion du Midi, joined the division headed by General Maximilien Sébastien Foy, he himself being the commander of the place of Canamero in 1812. We present here the orders and letters of his commanding officer, concerning this new role during this period in the Peninsular War. We read in them…