Tag: General Souham
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Guard Grenadier Philippe Ballut at Lützen and Bautzen, 1813 …
In the evening, with the 2nd Grenadier Regiment occupying the ground on a plateau, the soldiers sighted the town of Lützen, with its round bell tower and a tall belfry tower dominating the large tile roofed buildings. The French cavalry had already entered the town to capture a few stragglers. It was known that Blücher…
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Some notes of a grenadier of the Imperial Guard, 1813 …
A couple of passages of a journal kept by Philippe Ballut, a soldier serving in the 2nd Grenadier Regiment of the Guard, related to the early stages of the 1813 Campaign … Thursday, 29 April. – The Old Guard arrived at Naumburg before noon and we lit our fires at the foot of the tower,…
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The 1814 journal of a squadron commander – horse artillery (II) …
The second part of Squadron Commander Hubert Mathieu’s (horse artillery) journal set during the 1814 campaign for France … … On the 18th, at 9 o’clock, Bac was evacuated and the infantry of the corps proceeded towards Roussi. The various (out)posts which were relieved were to form the rearguard along with the horse artillery and…