BATTLE OF VITEBSK - OFFICER'S ACCOUNT WITH RED "No.11/GRANDE...

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BATTLE OF VITEBSK - OFFICER'S ACCOUNT WITH RED "No.11/GRANDE-ARMEE" MARK & ARTILLERY CACHET; Fine 29 July 1812 EL from a French officer in "Vitebsk" (with almost complete fine oval-framed "[crown/eagle]/CORPS IMPERIAL/D/ARTILLERIE" cachet across the seal) to Caen charged "9" with a fine red "No.11/GRANDE-ARMEE" mark nicely placed on the front. The contents (in need of a full transcript & translation) were written only 2 days after the Battle of Vitebsk include; "We entered Vitebsk the day before yesterday... without having fired a single shot from a rifle; the two days before there had been a harsh encounter, it is estimated (from the very beginning of the day[?]) the loss of Russians was 15,000, and we took from them 15 or 18 pieces of Canon... We have to regret the loss of ... B. Roussel; for the rest I do not know [?if we can] make the Corps of General Bagration prisoner...". Good campaign letter from occupied Russia. [With 2003 Dr. R Goebel certificate.] Cross Reference: RUSSIA, FRANCE

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