£220
APPROACHING MOSCOW - FRENCH SOLDIER'S LETTER EX LYUBAVICHI WITH "No.36/GRANDE-ARMEE" MARK; 6 Aug. 1812 EL (almost full English translation; contemporary ink blot affects a few words of the contents, but clear of the address panel) from a French soldier at "Louwawischi pres de la Dvina [River] et en levant de Vitebsk" to "Aurillac" charged "10" and then "16" with a mainly fine black "No.36/GRANDE-ARMEE" mark on the front. The letter includes; "We have travelled through all of Lithuania and a part of Lvotal[?] from the Nieman as far as the Dvina... We have already gained several victories over the Russians... I think we are soon to resume our course towards old Moscow", which was only c.290 miles away. Rare letter from this stage of the march on the Russian capital. Cross Reference: RUSSIA, FRANCE, LITHUANIA
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