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FRENCH OFFICER'S LETTER FROM "GHJAT" (GZHATSK) REF. TROOPS SUFFERING HARDSHIPS, ETC.; 1-2 Sept. 1812 EL (minor wear, mainly affecting folds) from Captain (later Maréchal) de Castellane (1788-1862) on the march at "Ghjat" (Gzhatsk - now known as Gagarin - only 113 miles from the centre of Moscow) to his father in Paris and redirected to Lyons charged "8" (with an illegible framed circular mark - presumably of Paris - on the flap) having been carried from the French Army in Russia to Paris by military express Estafette riders. The contents written during the long march across Russia mention pillaging wine stocks from a shop and relate to the deteriorating state of, and the hardships being suffered by, the troops of the slowly advancing French Army. Would repay careful transcription and full translation. Cross Reference: RUSSIA, FRANCE
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