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MINSK - GERMAN SOLDIER'S LETTER WITH "No.21/GRANDE-ARMEE" MARK TO LUNEBURG (SAXONY); 24 Sept. 1812 EL (minor dusting) headed from "Minske" ex "Christoph Heidemann, 129 Regement, 2 Batalion, 2 Comp[any]" to "Winsen, Luneburg" with a mainly very fine "No.21/GRANDE-ARMEE" mark nicely placed on the front having an "18" charge changed to "12" and then "14". The contents (part typed transcript & part translation) include; "We are now in Russian Poland. We are in the city of Minsk but we don't have it too bad there. It's OK there and everything isn't that expensive. But on the march we had it very bad; I never had any bread in three weeks, but it's OK now." Rare letter from the French Occupation Army in this city, and interesting contents from a German soldier. Cross Reference: RUSSIA, FRANCE, GERMAN STATES
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