NEWS OF RUSSIAN PRISONERS REACHING GERMANY - KOENISBERG USAG...

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NEWS OF RUSSIAN PRISONERS REACHING GERMANY - KOENISBERG USAGE OF "No.23/GRANDE-ARMEE"; Fine 15 Sept. 1812 EL (in legible French) from "Sergt. Senot of the 26th Legion, 3rd 1/2 Brigade de Marche" in "Koenisberg" (then in Prussia, now Kaliningrad in Russia) to his sister in Balleroy with a mainly very fine "No.23/GRANDE-ARMEE" on the front and charged "10". The contents include; "Some days ago 1,100 Russian prisoners passed through here, including a considerable number of officers. There are no happy faces amongst them; they have a rough and half wild appearance and have a slovenliness which compares badly with the French attitude, for amongst us a spot is a fault which merits punishment". Unusual reference to Russian POWs being sent eastwards into French held areas.Cross Reference: GERMAN STATES, FRANCE, RUSSIA

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