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Napoléon Ier (1769-1821)
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Napoléon Ier (1769-1821)
12 L.S. "Napol," "Nap" or "NP," and 2 unsigned letters, August 16-October 31, 1813, to Archchancellor CAMBACERES| 5 letters are written by Fain| 11 pages and 6 half-pages in-4. [747-758, 763, 765]
German Campaign, from the battle of Dresden to that of Leipzig.
Bautzen August 16. "If the Empress passes to Rennes', it is necessary that the Province be informed in advance. As I have never been there, it would be necessary that the Empress stop there for two or three days and that something be done to stir up the population of Brittany"... - Austria has declared war on us. The armistice is denounced and the hostilities begin.
We are in great maneuvers. A part of the Russian and Prussian army entered Bohemia. I think the campaign will be a good one. -
MOREAU has arrived at the Russian army. JOMINI, chief of staff of the Prince of Moskova has deserted. He is the one who published a few volumes on the campaigns and whom the Russians had been chasing for a long time, he gave in to corruption. He is a military man of little value| however, he is a writer who has grasped some sound ideas about war. He is Swiss"...
Reichenbach August 18. "My Cousin, I will be this evening at Goerlitz. You must have received the Duke of Bassano's communications on the Austrian war. I mandated to you what it was necessary to do for the levies of the Army of Spain. The Minister of War must order the construction of redoubts on suitable points, so that the territory of the Empire is not attacked. I took measures to form mobile columns, in order to bring in 50,000 refractory soldiers, which one needs to complete various cadres"...
Loewenberg August 22. "We are here in operation, and business is going well. The communications of the Duke of Bassano will have made you know our political situation, and the bulletins will inform you of the fights which have already taken place and which were all to our advantage"...
Goerlitz August 24. "I have just come from Loewenberg where I defeated the enemy army of Silesia. I entered Bohemia and seized the main outlets| my troops have pushed to 16 leagues from Prague. I am now moving on Dresden to attack the enemy corps that have moved in this direction. The army which I directed on Berlin must be today in this city. Thus you see that business is engaged on all sides with great activity. I am in the center, and the enemy is everywhere at the ends. I hope well for the disposition of things"...
Dresden August 27 in the evening. "My Cousin, I am so tired and so busy that I cannot write you at length. The Duke of Bassano takes care of it. Business is going very well here"...
Dresden August 29 in the morning. "I hope to be able to write to you during the day in more detail. I learn that in the meantime the Duke of Bassano has sent you some notices. Business is going very well here. We do not have at this moment far from 25,000 prisoners"...
Bautzen September 6. "My Cousin, we are here always in movement.
I went yesterday to Gorlitz where I drove the enemy army of Silesia beyond the Neisse. I will probably be this evening in Dresden"...
Hartau September 24. "I suppose that you received the pieces of the Duke of Bassano on the declaration of war of Austria"...
Dresden September 28. "My Cousin, my intention is that you go to the Senate to have the reports of my Minister of Foreign Relations on the declaration of war of Austria, and on the treaty of alliance which I concluded with Dannemarck and the declaration of war to Sweden communicated to you"...
Wurzen October 9. - Unsigned letter. "In the present position of my armies, the Mal St Cyr is in Dresden, the King of Naples [Murat] on the upper Mulde. I am maneuvering with the rest of my army to raise the siege of Wittenberg, which the enemy is attacking. It is possible that this will lead to a battle whose success I consider certain, and which would have a great influence on affairs. The weather is unfortunately very bad. The Pce de Neuchâtel [Berthier] is recovering. My health is perfect"... - Letter partly enciphered, unsigned (with its transcription in clear).
"The King of Westphalia [Jerome] left Cassel in a ridiculous way.
2,500 Cossacks made all this fuss. If the King had not scattered 7 to 8 thousand men of troops he had, and had not run away, he would not have raised the alarm, and his united troops would not have abandoned him. He went to Coblence". He must return to his kingdom as soon as possible. "In general, I am very humiliated by the ridiculous role played by this prince who has neither administrative qualities nor common sense. If he had remained at
Cassel, his troops would not have been routed and he would have remained master of his kingdom. [...] The worst of all the species is that of the poodles"... -
12 L.S. "Napol," "Nap" or "NP," and 2 unsigned letters, August 16-October 31, 1813, to Archchancellor CAMBACERES| 5 letters are written by Fain| 11 pages and 6 half-pages in-4. [747-758, 763, 765]
German Campaign, from the battle of Dresden to that of Leipzig.
Bautzen August 16. "If the Empress passes to Rennes', it is necessary that the Province be informed in advance. As I have never been there, it would be necessary that the Empress stop there for two or three days and that something be done to stir up the population of Brittany"... - Austria has declared war on us. The armistice is denounced and the hostilities begin.
We are in great maneuvers. A part of the Russian and Prussian army entered Bohemia. I think the campaign will be a good one. -
MOREAU has arrived at the Russian army. JOMINI, chief of staff of the Prince of Moskova has deserted. He is the one who published a few volumes on the campaigns and whom the Russians had been chasing for a long time, he gave in to corruption. He is a military man of little value| however, he is a writer who has grasped some sound ideas about war. He is Swiss"...
Reichenbach August 18. "My Cousin, I will be this evening at Goerlitz. You must have received the Duke of Bassano's communications on the Austrian war. I mandated to you what it was necessary to do for the levies of the Army of Spain. The Minister of War must order the construction of redoubts on suitable points, so that the territory of the Empire is not attacked. I took measures to form mobile columns, in order to bring in 50,000 refractory soldiers, which one needs to complete various cadres"...
Loewenberg August 22. "We are here in operation, and business is going well. The communications of the Duke of Bassano will have made you know our political situation, and the bulletins will inform you of the fights which have already taken place and which were all to our advantage"...
Goerlitz August 24. "I have just come from Loewenberg where I defeated the enemy army of Silesia. I entered Bohemia and seized the main outlets| my troops have pushed to 16 leagues from Prague. I am now moving on Dresden to attack the enemy corps that have moved in this direction. The army which I directed on Berlin must be today in this city. Thus you see that business is engaged on all sides with great activity. I am in the center, and the enemy is everywhere at the ends. I hope well for the disposition of things"...
Dresden August 27 in the evening. "My Cousin, I am so tired and so busy that I cannot write you at length. The Duke of Bassano takes care of it. Business is going very well here"...
Dresden August 29 in the morning. "I hope to be able to write to you during the day in more detail. I learn that in the meantime the Duke of Bassano has sent you some notices. Business is going very well here. We do not have at this moment far from 25,000 prisoners"...
Bautzen September 6. "My Cousin, we are here always in movement.
I went yesterday to Gorlitz where I drove the enemy army of Silesia beyond the Neisse. I will probably be this evening in Dresden"...
Hartau September 24. "I suppose that you received the pieces of the Duke of Bassano on the declaration of war of Austria"...
Dresden September 28. "My Cousin, my intention is that you go to the Senate to have the reports of my Minister of Foreign Relations on the declaration of war of Austria, and on the treaty of alliance which I concluded with Dannemarck and the declaration of war to Sweden communicated to you"...
Wurzen October 9. - Unsigned letter. "In the present position of my armies, the Mal St Cyr is in Dresden, the King of Naples [Murat] on the upper Mulde. I am maneuvering with the rest of my army to raise the siege of Wittenberg, which the enemy is attacking. It is possible that this will lead to a battle whose success I consider certain, and which would have a great influence on affairs. The weather is unfortunately very bad. The Pce de Neuchâtel [Berthier] is recovering. My health is perfect"... - Letter partly enciphered, unsigned (with its transcription in clear).
"The King of Westphalia [Jerome] left Cassel in a ridiculous way.
2,500 Cossacks made all this fuss. If the King had not scattered 7 to 8 thousand men of troops he had, and had not run away, he would not have raised the alarm, and his united troops would not have abandoned him. He went to Coblence". He must return to his kingdom as soon as possible. "In general, I am very humiliated by the ridiculous role played by this prince who has neither administrative qualities nor common sense. If he had remained at
Cassel, his troops would not have been routed and he would have remained master of his kingdom. [...] The worst of all the species is that of the poodles"... -