Lot n° 99
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7000 - 8000
EUR
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Napoléon Ier (1769-1821) - Lot 99
Napoléon Ier (1769-1821)
10 L.S. "Napole", "Napo", "Nap" or "NP", August 15-September 3, 1812, to Archchancellor CAMBACÉRÈS; the letters are written by Méneval, and 2 by Fain; 4 pages and 6 half-pages in-4.
[651-660]
The advance towards Moscow.
At the bivouac of Boiarynkowa [Boyarintsowa] August 15. "My Cousin, I am writing to you from the tent on the battlefield of Krasnoy where we had a rather nice affair. We took 8 cannon, most of them 12. 12 to 1500 prisoners were taken. We are marching on Smolensk: there may be a big battle. Keep this to yourself. The country here is the most beautiful that we have seen; the harvest is very beautiful"...
Smolensk August 20. "The bulletins will bring you up to date with the news.
Everything is fine here. The heat is too much"...
Smolensk August 23. "The 13th and 14th bulletins will inform you of the situation. The heat is still extremely high here"...
Doroghobuj August 26. "You will see that we are thirty leagues closer to Moscow, and that we are now only fifty leagues away. The enemy seems very weakened. However, he will have to try to defend Moscow, which will probably lead to a battle"...
Dorogobouj August 26. "My Cousin, I tell you confidentially and for you alone, that it is possible that there will be a battle in 3 or 4 days and that, if the result is favorable to me, as everything leads us to hope, we will be in Moskou from September 4 to 6. If there are therefore some delays in the estafette, we should not be alarmed. The Duke of Bassano, being at
Vilna, will take care to write you every day. - Our vanguard will be tomorrow at 5 days from Moskou. Be careful not to let anything of this penetrate; but let it be only for your information"...
Slavkovo August 27. "The headquarters is today in Zaskow in a small castle on the banks of a lake. There is nothing new"...
Viazma August 29. "The enemy continues to retreat to Moscow"...
Viazma August 30. "You will see in the bulletin the latest news.
The weather has become a little milder; it rained a little, which calmed the heat"...
Velitchevo September 1. "It is convenient that the Empress shows herself in St Cloud, on Sunday, in her park; but it is not convenient that she goes to Versailles every time the waters play, especially having already been there once. All these are very small things, without any inconvenience, but which, however, in a country like Paris, must be observed"...
Ghjat [Gjatsk (today Gagarin)] September 3. "We have autumn weather here. They make me hope for this weather until October 15. This is the best season for war, because the barns are full and the land is covered with all kinds of goods. For less than fifty years, cultivation has made singular progress in this country"...
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