Tag: Theft
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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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Dedicated to the Imperial Cause – Letters of the Dandalle Family (IV) …
Cantonment in Germany – 1810-1811 In February 1810, the regiment left Upper Austria and arrived at Magdeburg on 1 March. It did not return to France, but remained in Germany to ensure public order and to be ready to intervene if necessary to the south against Austria, to the north to enforce the Continental Blockade,…
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Correspondence of grognard Jean-Henry Rattier (III) …
Puente la Reina, 13 November 1810. The regiments of our division are gathering at this moment to move from Navarre to Castile. Our (supply) wagons leave at noon for Pamplona, in order to follow the main road to Vitoria, as well as the artillery. The troops will travel via the secondary roads; the main roads…
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Eyewitness accounts of the campaign in Russia, 1812 (IV) …
A few soldiers’ letters from the region now known as the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg … *** Stamp: N° 23, GRANDE ARMÉE. To Mr. Conrad Klein, merchant tanner at Medernach, district of Dickirch, Department of Forêts, via Luxembourg, at Dickirch in Medernach. Königsberg, 5 July 1812. Most beloved parents! It is with great pleasure that…