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Jean Baptiste Jourdan(1762-1833)

Jourdan would die of old age in Paris.

I certainly used that man very ill; nothing would be more natural than that he should think that he owed me little. Ah well! I have learned with great pleasure that since my fall he invariably acted very well. He has thus afforded an example of that praiseworthy elevation of mind which distinguishes men one from another. Jourdan is a true patriot, and that is the answer to many things that have been said of him.

Napoleon

Nope :banger:

Emmanuel Grouchy(1766-1847)

Grouchy would die of old age while traveling through Europe.

Marshal Grouchy, with 34,000 men and 108 cannon, solved the apparently undisclosed secret of being, on the morning of the 18th, neither on the battlefield of Mont St. Jean nor on that of Wavre. His conduct was as unforeseeable as if his army, on the march, had undergone an earthquake and been swallowed up.

Napoleon

Maybe Soon :banger:

Laurent Gouvion St.Cyr(1764-1830)

St.Cyr would die of old age in France.

My mistake was to have employed St.Cyr; he never exposed himself to fire, made no visits, left his comrades to be beaten, and should have been able to Save Vandamme at Kulm.

Napoleon

Nothing Yet :banger:

Louis Nicolas Davout(1770-1823)

Duke of Auerstadt

Davout would die from consumption in Paris.

He will have a place in history because of Auerstadt. He also performed well at Eylau, but, although urged on at Wagram his slowness was the cause of the failure to conclude the battle the first day. He also made mistakes at Borodina.

Napoleon

Untranslated. Brune's signature is in the upper left corner.

Guillaume Marie Anne Brune(1763-1815)

Brune would be assassinated while traveling to Paris. His body would be thrown into the Rhone.

He was justly proclaimed the saviour of the Batavian Republic. The Romans would have awarded him the honor of a Triumph. By saving Holland he also saved France from invasion.

Napoleon

The document while at Valladolid, Spain and dated the 8th of March 1809. It was written one day before his recall to Paris in order to take part in the Austrian Campaign. During this time he was commander of the northern provinces of Spain, and he writes to warn General Thi?baut of the arrival of Irish Battalions from Flushing.

Jean Baptiste Bessieres(1768-1813)

Duke of Istria

Bessieres would be killed by a cannon ball on the eve of Lutzen.

If I had had Bessieres at Waterloo, my Guard would have brought me victory

Napoleon

Aranda the 26th November 1808

Monsieur the Marshal VICTOR

You will order the immediate arrest of Messrs. Casin and Gentil, battalion commanders and Bagnac Lieutenant, all three from the corps of Engineers, for not having executed the order which I gave them to present themselves to General Lery Commander in Chief of the Corps of Engineers. You will give them the enclosed orders, the Emperor bids you to ensure they are executed promptly, which is to say that these three officers will leave in one hour after you have given them the orders that they present themselves to General Lery. Even if these gentlemen had not received my order, they received that of General Lery which they should have obeyed.

(Signed)

ALEXANDRE

Vittoria the 7th November 1808

To his Excellency the Minister of War, Comte d?Hunebourg

I have the honour of sending your Excellency a letter extracted from my Correspondence, the object of which comes with in your responsibilities. I renew your Excellency the assurance of my highest consideration.

The Prince of Neuchatel

Major General

(Signed)

ALEXANDRE

To the Headquarters of Cairo October 12, 1798

Citizen ALEXANDER BERTHIER, General of Division

You citizen General CAFARELLI, that the citizen General in Chief, owing to the need of subjects has authorized Citizen Auger, Sapeur in the 6th Battalion, to keep on exercising in the Military Hospital No.1 the role of nurse, until 14th Brumaire, by which date he?ll be bound to rejoin his post.

(Signed)

ALEX BERTHIER

Louis Alexandre Berthier(1753-1815)

Prince of Neuchatel and Wagram

Berthier would not rejoin Napoleon during the Hundred Days and would either commit suicide or be pushed out of a window to the street.

I have been betrayed by Berthier, a true gosling whom I had made into a kind of eagle. There was not in the world a better Chief of Staff; that is where his true talent lay, for he was not capable of commanding 500 men.

Napoleon

Army of Sambre Meuse

Headquarters of Nasseau

September 1, 1795

In the name of Law and the Loyalty of the French People. It is forbidden to any military man and to any other person to indulge into any excess or violence towards Bailiff Weiss, living at Berg Nasseau. Whoever will dare to make an attempt to the persons or the properties will be indicted to the War Council, and punished exemplarily. Pillage is prohibited; he that will make himself guilty of that, will be considered an enemy of the Republic, and repressed in consequence.

General of Division

(Signed)

BERNADOTTE

Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte(1763-1844)

Prince of Porte-Corvo

King of Sweden and Norway

Bernadotte would go onto be king of Sweden and he would live a long life and died of old age.

I can only say that Bernadotte let me down. He had become a sort a Swede, but he never promised or declared an intention to stay true. I can therefore accuse him of ingratitude, but not of treason.

Napoleon

Paris 6 March 1815

Monsieur the Duke, the advantageous instructions which have been given me regarding the services of Monsieur le Petit of Courville, Adjutant Commandant, retired, at Caen, bind me to beg your Excellency to grant him the decoration of the Royal and Military Order of St. Louis. I include with the present letter the circumstances of the services of this superior officer with a copy of a letter addressed to him by Monsieur the Lieutenant General Commandant of the 14th Military Division. Accept Monsieur the Duke, the assurance of my great consideration.

(Signed)

AUGEREAU

Pierre Francois Charles Augereau(1757-1816)

Duke of Castiglione

Augereau would be denounced by Napoleon and the King of France. He would die alone at home.

It is a long time since the Marshal was truly a soldier; his courage, his outstanding virtues certainly elevated hime far above the crowd; but honors, titles, and money plunged him back into it. The conqueror of Castiglione could have left a cherished name to France; but she will recall the memory of the deserter of Lyons.

Napoleon

Hello,

One of my goals in collecting is to get at least one autograph of Napoleon's Marshals. Napoleon created 26 marshals during his days as emperor of France so the number is reasonable. I'm still missing a bunch but I get closer everyday.

I have the opportunity to get some autographs from the marshals who lived along life from the 1820's onward, but it just doesn't seem the same as the Napoleonic Period. I only look for documents from the French Revolution to around 1816. I do have one from 1817 which is over the my borderline.

I'll also type out Napoleon's comments about his marshals after his fall from power. They are somewhat interesting. They are listed in the book Napoleon's Marshals by Chandler.

I'll try and post a few each day.

Created Marshal by Seniority May 19, 1804

1. Louis Alexandre Berthier

2. Joachim Murat

3. Bon Adrien Jeannot de Moncey

4. Jean Baptiste Jourdan

5. Andre Massena

6. Pierre Francois Charles Augereau

7. Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte

8. Nicolas Soult

9. Guillaume Marie Anne Brune

10.Jean Lannes

11.Edouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier

12.Michel Ney

13.Louis Nicolas Davout

14.Jean Baptiste Bessieres

15.Francois Christophe de Kellermann

16.Francois Joseph Lefebvre

17.Dominique Catherine Perignon

18.Jean Mathieu Philibert Serurier

Created Marshal July 13, 1807

19. Claude Victor Perrin

Created Marshal July 2, 1809

20. Nicolas Charles Oudinot

Created Marshal July 5, 1809

21. Jacques Eitienne Joseph Alexandre Macdonald

Created Marshal July 12, 1809

22. Auguste Frederic Louis Viesse de Marmont

Created Marshal July 8, 1811

23. Louis Gabriel Suchet

Created Marshal August 27, 1812

24. Laurent Gouvion St.Cyr

Created Marshal October, 15, 1813

25. Josef Anton Poniatowski

Created Marshal April 15, 1815

26. Emmanuel Grouchy

thanks,

barry

Hello Boris,

Thanks for the pictures and additional information on the pendant. The pendant I have doesn't have any markings.

thanks,

barry

reverse

Perhaps it was German payback for another infamous prison named Spandau.

THE EIGHTEENTH BULLETIN OF THE GRAND ARMY

Potzdam, Oct. 26, 1806

Lord MORPETH, the English Envoy to the Prussian court, was only six hours distance from the field of battle, on the 14th. He heard the firing. A courier informed him that the battle was lost, and in a moment after he was surrounded by fugitives pouring in upon him on all sides. He ran away exclaiming, ?I must not be taken.? He offered 60 guineas for a horse: he obtained one and fled. The citadel of Spandau, three miles from Berlin, and four from Potzdam, strong by its situation, in the midst of water, having a garrison of 1200 men and a great quantity of ammunition and provisions, was surrounded in the night of the 24th. General BERTRAND, the EMPEROR?S Aid-de-Camp, had previously reconnoitred the place. The cannon was ready to open upon it, and the garrison began to be alarmed, when Marshal LANNES proposed the capitulation subjoined to be signed by the Commandant. Large magazines of tents, cloathing, &c. have been found at Berlin; we are employed in taking inventories. A letter from Helmstadt, lately intercepted, contains some interesting particulars. The Prince of HATZFELD; BUSCHING, the Superintendent of the Police; the President KERCHIEFEN; FORMEY, a Privy Counsellor; M.M. RUEK, SIEGREN, HERMENSDORF, Counsellors, sent as Deputies by the City of Berlin, have this morning delivered the keys of the place to his MAJESTY at Potzdam. They are accompanied by M. GROOTE, Counsellor of Finance and the Barons VICHNITZ and ECHARLSTEIN. They confessed that the reports spread through the city were false; that the citizens, and the mass of people, had viewed the war with regret; that a handful of women and young officers were the only persons who had promited it; that he was a man of no penetration, who could not foresee what was to be expected from it. Like all the rest of the Prussians, they censured the visit of ALEXANDER as the cause of their misfortunes. The change which then took place in the mind of the Queen, who, from a timorous and modest female, engaged in her household affairs, became bewildered, wishing only for war; this change(they said) had produced a dreadful revolution. From that moment, she wished to have a regiment; she intruded herself into the Council, and took the lead in the monarchy to far, that in a few days she brought it to the brink of destruction.

The Head-quarters at Charlottenburg.

COPY OF THE CAPITULATION OF THE FORTRESS OF SPANDAU.

Art. I. The Officers of the Garrison of Spandau, with their cloathing and effects, shall be at liberty to go where they please.

Art. II. Marshal LANNES engages to request his MAJESTY the KING to permit the invalids and their wives to remain in the Citadel, and to leave them in possession of their effects.

Art. III. The subalterns and soldiers, forming the Garrison of Spandau, are prisoners of war.

Art. IV. The fortress, in its present state, shall be delivered up to the French army, with the arms, artillery, ammunition, and provisions.

Art. V. The Officers may withdraw to what place they chuse, Passports shall be delivered to them by the Chief of the Staff of the 5th Corps of the Grand Army.

Art. VI. All persons not in the military service, shall leave the place, without entering into any conditions, and shall be permitted to take with them their cloathing, and other effects.

(Signed)

VICTOR, General of Division

Spandau, Oct. 24, 1806

L.S. BENCKENDORFF

The date is probably under the John Quincy Adams signature. I'll have to take it out of the frame to find it.

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