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NAPOLEONIC DOCUMENT - Ministere de La Guerre - Heading 'Rapport A Sa Majestie l'Empereur et Roi',
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$600
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NAPOLEONIC DOCUMENT - Ministere de La Guerre
Heading 'Rapport A Sa Majestie l'Empereur et Roi',
Handwritten calligraphic document signed by his Minister of War 'Duc de Feltre [Henri Guillaume Clarke]
Submitted to Napoleon, with marginal manuscript notes and with his approval initialled by him and dated 1810. Single leaf 310 x 200mm.
Appears to be a request from Marshall Duke of Conegliano to allow General Ravet to include indigenous peoples into the 30th Legion of Police Squad. The squad would therefore comprise of 1/3 former police officers, 1/3 military men and 1/3 indigenous. Also to increase men on horseback and on foot, this being vital to establish perfect surveillance and maintain tranquillity in the department of the Tiber and Trasimene. Single leaf 310 x 200mm.
Heading 'Rapport A Sa Majestie l'Empereur et Roi',
Handwritten calligraphic document signed by his Minister of War 'Duc de Feltre [Henri Guillaume Clarke]
Submitted to Napoleon, with marginal manuscript notes and with his approval initialled by him and dated 1810. Single leaf 310 x 200mm.
Appears to be a request from Marshall Duke of Conegliano to allow General Ravet to include indigenous peoples into the 30th Legion of Police Squad. The squad would therefore comprise of 1/3 former police officers, 1/3 military men and 1/3 indigenous. Also to increase men on horseback and on foot, this being vital to establish perfect surveillance and maintain tranquillity in the department of the Tiber and Trasimene. Single leaf 310 x 200mm.
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