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Dedicated to the Imperial Cause – Letters of the Dandalle Family (V) …
In September 1811, Alphonse, now definitively released from his clothing employment, sent a detachment by boat from Huningue to Wesel to join the regiment. He travelled to Hamburg, made contact with Hubert and returned to the Huningue depot, bidding it farewell on 20 April 1812 when he left for Cologne with another detachment. It is…
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Konstantin Bulgakov’s 1814 letters from France …
In the course of the campaign for France in 1814, Konstantin Bulgakov (1782-1835), attached to the Russian Imperial headquarters (whilst he also was a diplomat, privy councillor and postal administrator), maintained correspondence with his brother, Alexander. His letters, written in French, were published in the Roussky Arkhiv (1904, II and III); they are not lacking…
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The recollections of a Swiss soldier on the 1813 campaign …
On 26 August the cannonade was heard on all sides, but we did not move all morning. The Emperor himself passed through our ranks and stopped from time to time to speak to the corps commanders and encourage the soldiers. It was only towards the evening that our columns moved to drive back the Russians…