BIB_ID
197349
Accession number
MA 13708
Creator
Championnet, Jean-Etienne, 1762-1800.
Display Date
[1799 August 30] 13 Fructidor, an VII.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 32.6 x 21.8 cm
Notes
Written on Championnet's official stationery as General in Chief of the Army of the Alps.
Jean-Baptiste-Jules Bernadotte (later Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway) served as the French Minister of War from July to September of 1799.
Jean-Baptiste-Jules Bernadotte (later Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway) served as the French Minister of War from July to September of 1799.
Inscriptions/Markings
With the ownership stamp of the Bibliotheca Lindesiana at lower right of page 1.
Provenance
Stamp of the Bibliotheca Lindesiana; bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Informing him that General Quantin has communicated to him that the drafting of soldiers in the department of Bouches du Rhone has been delayed and requesting that Bernadotte temporarily place more troops (a half-brigade of light infantry, prisoners of war) at Quantin's disposal, as Championnet cannot send any of his own troops.
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