Louis Nicolas DAVOUT
Lettre autographe signée à sa femme Aimée Leclerc depuis le champ de bataille de Pultusk
Pultusk 7 janvier [1807]|19 x 23 cm|1 page sur une double feuille
Autograph letter signed by Marshal Davout to his wife, Aimée Leclerc, sister-in-law of Pauline Bonaparte. 1 page in black ink on a bifolium, with his handwritten address on the verso, postal stamp dated 23 January 1807, and broken wax seal bearing the marshal’s arms with batons, tassels, and oak leaves, inscribed "Le maréchal Davout Empire français" on the address panel, which was opened without affecting the text.
A battlefield letter written from Pultusk, where on 26 and 27 December 1806 the Russian forces under General Bennigsen were defeated by Marshal Lannes, with the support of Gudin’s division, which included a detachment from Marshal Da
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