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"In its fourth year, the American Revolution had become an international Conflict. Rebelling American colonies and their French allies attempted to capture Savannah from the British in 1779. Haitian soldiers of African descent were part of the allied forces. Following the battle, many of these Hatians were diverted to other military duties, returning to their homes years later, if at all. Several veterans of the campaign became leaders of the movement that made Haiti the second nation in the western hemisphere to throw off the yoke of European colonialsm."

Hello,

I just got this in on the Siege of Savannah 1779.

thanks,

barry

Wiki Siege of Savannah

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Savannah

Chasseurs Volontaires Monument

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Lettre De Monsieurm

A Son Ami,

Sur L'Attaque de Savanah, Par M. Le Comte D'Estaing

L'Orient, le 13 D?cembre 1779.

Mon Ami,

Il a ?t? publi? d?j? bien des Relations sur l'affaire de Savanah, peut-?tre ne serez-vous pas f?ch? d'en voir un vrai d?tail, qu'un Ami, t?moin de cette Affaire, vient de m'envoyer.

Apr?s avoir quitt? le Convoi du Protecteur & du Fier, nous avons fait route pour la Nouvelle Angleterre, sans savoir pr?cis?ment o? nous allions; nous pr?sumions cependant bien que nous ne pouvions pas monter beaucoup au Nord, ayant tr?speu de vivres & d'eau.

Le 2 Sep., nous v?mes la terre & nous moui'l?mes ? II lieues de distance, apr?s avoir eu des Pilotes que l'on avoit envoy? chercher, nous appareill?mes pour mouiller ? quatre lieues de Taibay, qui est ? l'entr?e de la rivi?re de Savanah. Il ne nous fut pas possible d'approcher davantage de terre ayant peu de fond, beaucoup de bancs & une forte barre qui se faisoit entendre de loin. Quelques jours apr?s notre arriv?e on fit le d?barquement ? deux lieues fous le vent du mouillage; on y employa plusieurs jours, vu la difficult? de trouver le passage de la rivi?re, qui, dans une ?tendue de huit lieues avant d'arriver ? Savanah, est pleine de bancs & sinuosit?s.

Aussi-T?t que les Am?ricains, au nombre de trois mille, eurent joint nos Troupes, on commenca ? travailler aux retranchemens qu'on ?tabl?t ? une port?e de fusil de ceux des Anglois qui en avoient trois les uns sur les autres, avec des palissades & des chevaux de frise entre chaque retranchement: il est vrai qu'ils avoient eu le tems de se fortifier depuis notre arriv?e ? la C?te jusqu'au moment de la premiere entrevue. Les Ennemis avoient pr?s de 4000 hommes dans leur camp, sans compter la milice & la garnison de Savanah. Nous avions d?barqu? pr?s de 3500 hommes, qui, avec environ 3000 Am?ricains formo?ent un corps de 6000 hommes.

Quelques jours apr?s l'ouverture de la tranch?e, les ennemis firent une sortie, au nombre de 300 hommes; mais not Grenadiers & Chasseurs les chargerent vivement, la ba?onnette au bout de fusil, jusqu'a retranchement, sans perdre un seul homme; mais, comme ils s'en sirent, de leur retranchement, une d?charge ? mitrailles, de toute leur artillerie: ce qui nous a tu? beaucoup de monde; mais, dans leur sortie, ils en ont perdu presque autant que nous: Nota, qu'avant cette attaque il entra dans la Ville un renfort de 400 hommes, malgr? nos Fr?gates qui ?toient bien avant dans la riviere: le G?n?ral, en revanche sit descendre un Officier & quinze hommes de troupes de Marine par chaque Vaisseau de l'Escadre: dans la nuit du lendemain se sit l'attaque g?n?rale; mais elle ne fut pas plut?t commenc?e, que ces coquins d'Am?ricains, qui nous avoient vendus, l?cherent le pied, ? l'exception de deux R?gimens de Troupes r?gl?es qui se

comporterent comme des Fran?ais.

Les ennemis scavoient si bien notre plan d'attaque, qu'ils n'avoient ni sentinelle perdue ni garde avanc?e, pas m?me un factionaire dans l'endroit o? devoient se faire les deux fausses attaques: nous avions pour guides de d?serteurs qui se sont tellement jou? de nous, que les trois colonnes qui devoient ?tre en trois points diff?rens, se trouv?rent r?unies au m?me: & cela dans un marais o? on alloit jusqu'? la ceinture, sous le sue de l'Ennemi, sans pouvoir y r?pondre. Personne ne savoit o? il ?toit; l'Officier cherchoit son Soldat; le Soldat cherchoit son Officer; en un mot, le d?sordre ?toit complet. Nous comptons dans les deux attaques environ 700 hommes tu?s ou bless?s, y compris 61 Officiers.

L'Embarquement se sit quelques jours apr?s, sans que les Anglois aient sembl? saire aucun mouvement, ils etoient trop contents de voir notre retraite. Les bless?s faits prisonniers ont ?t? tr?s-bien trait?s; ils en ont renvoy? plusieurs dont les blessures n'?toient pas dangereuses.

Toutes nos troupes ont beaucoup souffert; toujours dans l'action, sous la pluie, n'ayant pas le temps de dormir deux heures en repos: jamais il ne s'est sait un Si?ge pareil. On manquoit de tous les ustenciles n?cessaires, personne ne connoissoit l'endroit, il a fallu se confier aveugl?ment ? des tra?tres; & avec si peu de monde, il n'?toit pas possible de prendre une Ville aussi bien fortifi?e que Savanah: ajo?tez ? cela le trahison des Am?ricains que alloient la nuit rapporter aux Ennemis tout ce qui se passoit dans notre Arm?e.

Pendant le Si?ge, la Truite, la Bricole & la Chim?re avoient avanc? dans rivi?re; on leur avoit donn? du 18, pour tirer sur la Ville; mais comme le pays est abloneux, le canon ne faisoit grand mal aux retranchemens des Ennemis.

La saison ?toit tellement avanc?e, qu'il fallu, pendant tout ce temps, que nos Vaisseaux appareillassent lorsqu'on y pensoit le moins ? cause des coups de vent qui ne sont pas rares ici. Nous allions etre r?duits ? mourir de faim, ou a aller prendre des vivres ? terre, sans que nous avons fait plusieurs prises charg?es de vivres, venant de la nouvelle York, sous l'escorte de l'Experiment, qui avoit pris la Dana? ? Cancalle: il a ?t? pris par le Sagittaire, qui croisoit avec le Fendant & le Zel?; il n'a pas fait grande r?sistance, ayant ?t? d?m?t? par un coup de vent, dont nous avons eu la queue. Ce Vaisseau ?toit charg? de biscuit, & en outre 800000 l. en caisse.

La Fr?gate l'Amazone, apr?s deux heures de combat, ? port?e de pistolet, s'est empar?e de la Fr?gate Angloise l'Uriel, de 22 canons de 9 liv. en batterie & 6 sur les gaillards. Voil? toutes les nouvelles, & qui se rapportent ? celles que nous ont donn?es les Officiers arriv?s sur les deux Vaisseaux de guerre qui sont ici, l'Hector, de 74 canons, command? par M. de Demauri?s, Chef d'Escadre; & le Vaillant, de 64, command? par M. de Chabert. Ces Vaiss ont peu malades, feulement des scorbutiques; mais point de fi?vres.

J'ai l'honneur d'?tre, &c.

My Translation

Letter From Monsieurm

To his friend,

On The Attack of Savanah, Par M. Le Comte D'Estaing

The East, on 13 December 1779.

My Friend,

It has been published already Relations on the case of Savanah, maybe you will not be mad not to see a real detail, a friend, witness this case, just me.

After leaving the convoy of the Protecteur & Fier, we headed for New England, not knowing exactly where we were, we assume, however, although we could not mount much in the North, with tr?speu food & water.

On 2 September, we saw the earth & our moui'l?mes to II miles away, after having drivers that are sent for avoit we appareill?mes to wet four leagues Taibay, which is at the entrance of Savanah River. When we was not possible to get more land with little substance, lots of benches and a large bar faisoit be heard from afar. A few days after our arrival we made the landing in two leagues crazy wind anchorage; employed there several days, given the difficulty of finding the passage of the river, which, in a range of eight miles before arriving at Savanah, is full of banks & sinuosities.

As soon as the Americans, the number three thousand, had joined our troops, we started to work retranchemens establishes that a rifle scope from those of the English in three avoient each other, with palisades & horses frieze between retrenchment, it is true that they had avoient tems to strengthen since we came to the Coast until the first interview. The Enemies avoient nearly 4,000 men in their camp, not the militia & Garrison Savanah. We landed around 3500 men, who, with about 3,000 Americans formo?ent a body of 6000 men.

A few days after the opening of the trench, the enemy made a sortie, numbering 300 men, but not the Grenadiers & Chasseurs charg?rent much, bayonet after gun, until retranchement without losing a single man, but as they are Sirente, their retrenchment, a dump guns, all their artillery: this has killed many people, but in their output, they have lost almost as much as us: Note, that the attack before he entered the City with a reinforcement of 400 men, despite our Frigatebirds who were well into the river: the General, instead sit down an officer and fifteen men of Marine troops by each vessel of the squadron: in the night the next day to sit the attack, but it was not started, rather, that those nasty Americans, we avoient sold l?cherent foot, with the exception of two regiments of troops to be resolved behaved like the French.

The enemies scavoient so our plan of attack, they lost n'avoient or sentinel or advance guard, not even a factionaire in the place where devoient be both false attacks, we had guides for deserters who have so we played that the three columns that devoient be three different points, found themselves in the same place: and this in a swamp where alloit up on the belt under the sue of the enemy, without being able to respond. Nobody knew where he ?toit; Officer cherchoit his Soldier, the Soldier's cherchoit Officer, in a word, disorder ?toit complete. We count in two attacks about 700 men killed or wounded, including 61 officers.

The board will sit a few days later, without the necessary Anglois had seemed no movement, they etoient too happy to see our retirement. The wounded prisoners were treated very well, they returned with several injuries n'?toient not dangerous.

All our troops have suffered a lot, always in action, in the rain, having no time to sleep two hours rest, he did not know such a Seat. On manquoit all necessary ustenciles nobody connoissoit place, we had to blindly entrust to traitors; & with so little world, it n'?toit not possible to take a fortified city as well as Savanah add to is the betrayal of Americans alloient night Enemies relate to everything in our passoit Army.

During the siege, the trout, the Bricole & the Chimera avoient advanced river avoit they gave 18 to pull the city, but as the country is Ablon, canon faisoit do great harm to retranchemens enemies.

The season ?toit so advanced that it had, during this time that our vessels when pairing it pensoit least because of the gales which are not uncommon here. We would be reduced to starve, or go for food on land, but we have taken more responsibility for food, from New York, under the escort of the Experiment, who had taken to the Dana Cancalle it was made by Sagittarius, which croisoit & Fendant with the zeal he has not made great resistance, having been dismasted in a gale, we had the tail. The vessel loaded ?toit biscuit, & further 800,000 l. cash.

The frigate Amazon, after two hours of fighting in front of pistol, seized the frigate Angloise Uriel, 22 guns 9 liv. battery & 6 on the lads. This is all new, and which relate to those we have given the officers arrived on two warships that are here, Hector, 74 guns, commanded by M. de Demauri?s, Head of Wing; & the Vaillant, 64, commanded by Mr. de Chabert. These Vaiss little sick, feulement of scurvy, but the point of fever.

I have the honor to be, & c.

Hello Gordon,

Fantastic! I remember watching CNN when NATO started bombing. Is it like in the movies when they burn everything but the beer.

Hello Ed,

He probably thought WWIII had started.

I remember watching the UN Ambassador to Iraq when the US invaded. He was in the dark and must of had one confusing time. I wonder what happened to him.

thanks,

barry

maybe

I believe its a pale buff or buff. The photo looks green.

maybe

27 Enniskilling

31 Huntingdonshire

61 South Gloucestershire

71 Highland

78 Highland or Rosshire Buffs

98 Foot103 Loyal Bristol Volunteers

Hello,

Anyway to determine the Regiment/Foot of this soldier. I'm not sure what I'd call the color of his facing.(willow green, lincoln green, popinjay green, gosling green, buff, pale buff)

thanks,

barry

Hello Rick,

Unfortunately all my books only show illustrations of military uniforms.

Article on Napoleonic Surgeon Uniform with Pictures

http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/or...tchsurgeon.html

thanks,

barry

The medals of Saint H?l?na

http://www.stehelene.org/php/accueil.php?lang=en

Hello,

I just got it in and its a very nice portrait. Maybe one day I'll come across this type of uniform.

thanks,

barry

Thanks

I might go for it. It also comes with a miniature.

thanks again,

barry

Hello,

I have a question on the this medal. All the medals I've seen are bronze in color but did they make them in silver/plated. The one pictured looks silver in color.

thanks,

barry

Hello Ed,

Interesting story. I wonder if their are any pictures of them leaving/entering the embassy/hotel. I wonder how the Americans got out of Japan. Maybe Russia or Austrailia.

thanks,

barry

Hello,

I wonder how embassy personnel got out of an enemy foreign country in WWII. I wouldn't think that they stayed after a declaration of war. Imagine being a Japanese embassy worker in D.C. on December 7, 1941. Imagine being an American embassy worker in Japan on December 7, 1941. I guess your escorted to the airport and asked to get the Hell of the country.

I don't ever recall seeing any photos of what happened at the embassies on the 7th or 8th of December. In my twisted mind I can only picture the embassies being hit with Molotov cocktails and a drive by spray of tommy guns.

Anyone have any embassy stories that they can share.

Any period in history will do. I just used American/Japan as an example. It was either post here or the lounge.

I can't even imagine what went on in Moscow and Berlin.

thanks,

barry

The document seems to be dated the 20th of June 1805. Napoleon was crowned King of Italy in Milan on the 26 of May 1805, so the new King needs a Royal Guard.

thanks,

barry

Fantastic! Always glad to see a document by a veteran of the Egyptian campaign.

thanks,

barry

:D

First Consul Seal

Consul Bonaparte

On behalf of the French People.

Bonaparte, First Consul of the Republic appoints the President Bidaulth legislator of the Criminal Tribunal of Siene and Maru for functions of Court Judge by the Senate in Paris.

(Signed)

Bonaparte(MARET)

ABRIA

Nap #2

27 September 1807

The leadership position in the 1st Battalion of Sappers is vacant now that S. Rousselet has gone into pension as granted by your decree of August 12 last. To replace this officer in the command, I have the honor of proposing to Your Majesty S. Pradeau?based on the services that he rendered in the last campaigns and on the fact that a lack of vacancies had kept him from receiving a titled position. Enclosed [not present] is a list of his services and a draft of the decree spelling out my proposal.

(Signed)

NAPOLEON

CLARK

Thanks Rick

Phrygian cap/Bonnet Rouge

Wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bust_Attis_CdM.jpg

One last question - What is that French hat/Cap Called?

thanks,

barry

Mad Libs I've been trying to find Pech on the web with zero luck. When I stop looking then I'll run across some info on him.

thanks,

barry

I think that this is the signature of General Bon. If so its interesting when Napoleon met his son at the military academy.

thanks,

barry

General Louis-Andre Bon(1758-1799)

wikisource

n? ? Romans en Dauphin?, le 25 octobre 1758, s'enr?la fort jeune dans le r?giment Royal-Infanterie, et fit une partie de la guerre d'Am?rique. ? Commandant d'un bataillon de volontaires nationaux en 1792, il alla rejoindre Dugommier sur les fronti?res d'Espagne, fut bient?t chef de brigade, donna des preuves d'un grand courage au si?ge de Beilegarde et y fut nomm? g?n?ral de brigade. 11 ?tait en'Italie ? tous les combats o? command?rent Bonaparte etAugereau. Apr?s la paix de Campo-Formio, il commanda la 8e division militaire (Marseille), y fit cesser les d?sordres caus?s par la r?action thermidorienne, et rendit les m?mes services ?r Avignon. Nomm? g?n?ral de division, il partit pour l'Egypte, se distingua devant Alexandrie; d?termina la prise du Caire par l'attaque d'un poste important et contribua au triomphe inesp?r? de Mont-Thabor, en tournant l'ennemi attaqu? de front par Kl?ber. Il se distingua ?galement ? la prise d'El-Arich, enleva Gaza, for?a Jaffa et alla p?rir devant les murs de Saint-Jean-d'Acre. Il se trouvait, le 10 mai 1799, ? la t?te de ses grenadiers, au pied de la br?che, dans le dernier assaut livr? au corps de la place, lorsqu'il re?ut une blessure mortelle qui l'enleva ? sa division. ?Le g?n?ral Bon avait toutes les qualit?s qui font les grands g?n?raux.

Quatorze ans apr?s, l'Empereur, visitant l'?cole militaire de Saint-Germain, demanda le nom de l'un des ?l?ves qu'il passait en revue : c'?tait le fils du g?n?ral Bon. ? ? O? est votre m?re, dit Napol?on. ? A Paris, ? un quatri?me ?tage, o? clic meurt de faim. ?

Ce long et involontaire oubli fut r?par? ? l'instant m?me ; la veuve du g?n?ral illustre re?ut une dotation, et le fils fut cr?? baron de l'Empire avec une autre dotation.

Google English

born in Romans in Dauphin?, on 25 October 1758, enlisted in the very young Royal Infantry Regiment, and made a part of the war in America. - Commander of a battalion of national volunteer in 1792, he went to join Dugommier on the borders of Spain, was soon head of brigade, gave evidence of great courage at the headquarters of Beilegarde and was appointed Brigadier General. 11 was en'Italie all the fighting that Bonaparte ordered etAugereau. After the Peace of Campo Formio he commanded the 8th Military Division (Marseille), brought an end to disorder caused by the reaction thermidorienne, and made the same services ?r Avignon. Appointed Major General, he left for Egypt, distinguished himself at Alexandria, the determination of Cairo by an attack on an important and contributed to the unexpected triumph of Mont-Thabor, turning the enemy attacked in front by Kl?ber. He also distinguished himself at the El-Arichi kidnapped Gaza, Jaffa and went for?a perish before the walls of Saint-Jean-d'Acre. He was on 10 May 1799, the Sheet Metal of pomegranates at the foot of the breach, in the final assault delivered to the body of the place, when he received a mortal wound that took his division. Bon-General had all the qualities that make the great generals.

Fourteen years later, the Emperor visited the military academy of Saint-Germain, said the name of one of the students that reviewed it was the son of General Bon. - "Where's your mother," said Napoleon. - In Paris, a fourth floor, where clicking dies of hunger. "

This long and unintentional omission was repaired at the same time, the widow of the illustrious General received an endowment, and the son was created Baron of the Empire with another staffing.

Hello,

I just got this in. An early document from the French Revolution and signed by Augereau and I think Bon.

thanks,

barry

Augereau was one of Napoleon?s marshals and the document is dated 1795. General Bon was a veteran of the American Revolution and he would be killed while storming a breach during the Siege at Acre. Marshal Lannes and Pech fought side by side against Spain.

4e. BATAILLON DES PYR?N?ES ORIENTALES

We the members of the Board of Directors Battalion, certify that Citizen sub lieutenant native of St. Paul District Gers Department of the Pyr?n?es Orientales has served in that body since the 8th of May 1793(4-5) as a sub lieutenant and he has always behaved as a brave soldier, and he has given, in all occasions, non-equivocal evidence of his courage and his devotion to the republic. Marseille year 1795

(Signed)

AUGEREAU

BON

Just added

Marshal Bessieres post 11

&

Marshal Lefebvre post 33