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NAPOLEON I, Emperor of France (1805-1821). Letter signed ('Np') to General Berthier ('au Major General'), Moscow, 23 September 1812, 1 pages, 4to (the first 14 lines of text underlined).
MURAT, Joachim Napoleon, King of Naples (1767-1815). Autograph letter signed (with initials, 'J.N.') to his son, Achille, 'sur le champ de bataille' (Borodino), 7 September 1812, one page, 8vo.
CLARKE, Henri-Jacques-Guillaume, General (1765-1818). Letter signed (as Duke of Feltre) to Major-General Count Cassarelli, Paris, 21 September 1812, 2 pages, folio (including autograph postscript).
PONIATOWSKI, Jozef-Antoni, Prince, Marshal (1763-1813). Letter signed (as Minister of War in the Grand Duchy of Warsaw) to the Minister of the Interior, Warsaw, 28 March 1811, in Polish, 2 pages, folio (slightly discoloured, tear in first leaf repaired with tape, without loss of text).
The first three letters are dated shortly before or after Napoleon's entry into Moscow on 14 September 1812, Murat writing from the battlefield itself, 'C'est du champ de bataille entour de morts et de mourans que je t'cris que je me porte bien, ainsi que l'empereur. Dieu vous a conserv votre pre, rendes en graces au ciel', with an affectionate subscription to all his children and to his wife (Caroline Bonaparte). Clarke, writing on military matters to the commander in Spain, announces the victory in his postscript, 'L'Empereur a gagn une tres grand bataille sur les Russes Mojaisk [Borodino] le 7 7bre. J'en recois l'instant la nouvelle'. The Russian retreat from Borodino left the road to Moscow open, and Napoleon, ensconced there the following week, sent orders to Berthier concerning the security of the French convoys, for immediate transmission to Smolensk, demanding that the cavalry, infantry and artillery march together, and bivouack in square formation, and complaining that some convoys have had inadequate escorts.
Jozef Poniatowski was appointed Governor of Warsaw by the King of Prussia in 1806. After Napoleon's defeat of Prussia he commanded the Polish division of the Imperial Army, and served as Minister of War in the Grand Duchy of Warsaw. He writes here about the budget for the military commissariat and the provisioning of the army, referring to previous correspondence.
MURAT, Joachim Napoleon, King of Naples (1767-1815). Autograph letter signed (with initials, 'J.N.') to his son, Achille, 'sur le champ de bataille' (Borodino), 7 September 1812, one page, 8vo.
CLARKE, Henri-Jacques-Guillaume, General (1765-1818). Letter signed (as Duke of Feltre) to Major-General Count Cassarelli, Paris, 21 September 1812, 2 pages, folio (including autograph postscript).
PONIATOWSKI, Jozef-Antoni, Prince, Marshal (1763-1813). Letter signed (as Minister of War in the Grand Duchy of Warsaw) to the Minister of the Interior, Warsaw, 28 March 1811, in Polish, 2 pages, folio (slightly discoloured, tear in first leaf repaired with tape, without loss of text).
The first three letters are dated shortly before or after Napoleon's entry into Moscow on 14 September 1812, Murat writing from the battlefield itself, 'C'est du champ de bataille entour de morts et de mourans que je t'cris que je me porte bien, ainsi que l'empereur. Dieu vous a conserv votre pre, rendes en graces au ciel', with an affectionate subscription to all his children and to his wife (Caroline Bonaparte). Clarke, writing on military matters to the commander in Spain, announces the victory in his postscript, 'L'Empereur a gagn une tres grand bataille sur les Russes Mojaisk [Borodino] le 7 7bre. J'en recois l'instant la nouvelle'. The Russian retreat from Borodino left the road to Moscow open, and Napoleon, ensconced there the following week, sent orders to Berthier concerning the security of the French convoys, for immediate transmission to Smolensk, demanding that the cavalry, infantry and artillery march together, and bivouack in square formation, and complaining that some convoys have had inadequate escorts.
Jozef Poniatowski was appointed Governor of Warsaw by the King of Prussia in 1806. After Napoleon's defeat of Prussia he commanded the Polish division of the Imperial Army, and served as Minister of War in the Grand Duchy of Warsaw. He writes here about the budget for the military commissariat and the provisioning of the army, referring to previous correspondence.