Bidspirit auction | NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821)

NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) - NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of the French 1804-14, 1815. A very interesting content Letter Signed ` Nap ´, one page, 4to, gilt edges, Paris, 9th March 1809, to the Duke de Feltre, in French. Napoleon dictates and signs the present letter the day before the start of the German-Austrian military campaign of 1809, which pitted France against the Fifth Coalition. As usual, Napoleon supervises and double check every minor detail of his troops, stating in part ` Je vous envoie un état que j´ai fait dresser du corps du Général Oudinot. Faites-le rectifier, s´il y a des erreurs, et faites vérifier s´il manque effectivement100 hommes au 16º léger, 100 hommes au 96º... proposez-moi le moyen de la compléter. Faites mettre à chaque division les noms des généraux qui commandent les brigades, les noms des adjudants commandants, des commandants de service, de l´artillerie et des commissions des guerres, afin que je m´assure qu´il ne manque rien à ces deux divisions...´ (Translation: ” I am sending you a statement that I had drawn up of General Oudinot's corps. Have it corrected if there are any errors, and have it checked to see if the 16th Light Infantry is indeed missing 100 men, the 96th Infantry is missing 100 men... suggest to me how to complete it. Have the names of the Generals who command the brigades, the names of the adjutant Commanders, the service Commanders, the artillery Commanders, and the war commissions added to each division, so that I can be sure that nothing is missing from these two divisions...”) Oudinot, at the head of his troops sent as vanguard, was to prove particularly effective and play a major role in the victory at Wagram, which earned him the Marshal's baton . With few ink stains at the base of the letter, not affecting the text or signature. Bearing to the inside of the bifolium, to the blank leaf, a three lines autograph statement by Eugene Rossignol, autograph expert, granting the authenticity, given in Paris on 11th January 1950, also adding a blind embossed seal of the Rossignol collection. VG Nicolas Oudinot (1767-1847) Marshal of France. Duc de Reggio.