ERNAULT DES BRULYS NICOLAS: (1757-1809) Also known as Ernault de Rignac. French General of artillery...

ERNAULT DES BRULYS NICOLAS: (1757-1809) Also known as Ernault de Rignac. French General of artillery...

ERNAULT DES BRULYS NICOLAS: (1757-1809) Also known as Ernault de Rignac. French General of artillery during Revolution and Empire, and Commandant of French Reunion island. Ernault des Brulys committed suicide before surrendering before England at La Reunion. D.S., DesBrusly, one page, 4to, Valencienne, 25th April 1793, to Jean Becays Ferrand, in French. Ernault des Brulys in his capacity as chief of the Ardennes army sends an order to the cavalry corps commandants, only a month before the Valenciennes besiege, stating `It is forbidden to recruit, until further notice, any volunteers, whether to send them to the different departments or to regular troops, according to the decree approved by the National Convention.´ Countersigned by Jean Becays Ferrand adding an holograph annotation in his hand. With blank address leaf bearing remnants of a red wax seal and a small hole due to the opening of the letter. VG £60-90