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FRENCH OFFICER'S LETTER FROM "DOROGOBUZH" (NEAR SMOLENSK) REF. RUSSIAN SKIRMISHES, ETC.; 27 Aug. 1812 EL from Captain (later Maréchal) de Castellane (1788-1862) on the march, to his father in Paris, and redirected to Clermont charged "6" 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 - started just "8 leagues short of Dorogobuzh and 32 [leagues] from Smolensk" - includes some details of skirmishes with Russian forces, and note that the writer's letters were sent by the "estafette". Worthy of full transcription and translation. Rare Campaign Letter from the final section of the advance on Moscow. Cross Reference: RUSSIA, FRANCE
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