AUTOGRAPH SIGNED LETTER BY BRUGUIÈRE ADDRESSED TO HIS SUPERIOR GENERAL MONTBRUN, Lilienfeld (Austria) May 14, 1809. 30296.

SIGNED AUTOGRAPH LETTER BY BRUGUIÈRE ADDRESSED TO HIS SUPERIOR GENERAL MONTBRUN, Lilienfeld (Austria) May 14, 1809. 30296

Signed autograph letter, double sheet 2 pages with 2 lines in handwriting, in-4. Preparations for the Battle of Essling.
Lilienfeld, May 14, 1809.
Letter addressed to his superior (General Louis-Pierre Montbrun*): he reports on the dispatch under escort " [...] of the two most important monks from the Lilienfeld convent as ordered by Marshal Duke of Auerstaedt (Davout**); I am leaving, my general, for the expedition with which I am charged, and I am leaving here a squadron to maintain communication until the regiment that His Excellency intends to send there, if necessary, has arrived. [...]
He requests to transmit to His Excellency the Major-General the situation report he had requested and provides the results of the reconnaissance he had initiated on Guizendorf, between Neustadt and Vienna.
He reports that the officer he had sent " [...] could not go beyond a league in front of Altenmarcki, because he found superior troops on this road and had to retreat. So it appears that even though the French are in Neustadt, there are still enemy troops between Trasen and Guizendorf. These troops are Ladwecks and line troops."
Signed Bruguière.***

In good condition, folds, small tear at the level of the horizontal fold, foxing.

BIOGRAPHIES:
* Louis-Pierre MONTBRUN. Louis-Pierre de Montbrun, born on March 1, 1770 in Florensac1 in Hérault and died on September 7, 1812 during the Battle of Borodino, was a French general of the Revolution and the Empire.
Louis-Pierre de Montbrun was one of the great cavalrymen of the Napoleonic era, like Lasalle, Lefebvre-Desnouettes, Pajol, or Chamorin. Like them, he passed into posterity for charging with ardor and panache at the head of his men. He was famous not only for his courage and athlete's physique but also for his black mustache.
[...] Created a count of the Empire in 1809, promoted to divisional general on March 9 and made a commander of the Legion of Honor on April 29, he moved to the Army of Germany. The Emperor gave him command of a light cavalry division of 4,000 horses, combined with General Lauriston's corps. On April 22, he fought at Eckmühl under the orders of Marshal Bessières, then at Nittenau on April 25. On June 7, he crossed the Rabnitz, near Sovenhyaga, after defeating a Hungarian cavalry corps, and at Raab on June 14, 1809. [...]

** The title of Duke of Auerstaedt is a French noble title, created on July 2, 1808 by Napoleon I in favor of Louis-Nicolas Davout (1770-1823).

*** Jean Pierre Joseph BRUGUIÈRE, also known as Bruyère, born on June 22, 1772 in Sommières, in the Gard department, and died of his wounds on June 5, 1813, in Görlitz, in the Kingdom of Saxony, was a French general of the First Empire.
[...] Campaign of Austria (1809)
Appointed an Officer of the Legion of Honor on July 11, 1807, he commanded a light cavalry brigade in the Army of Observation of Germany in 1808 and was given the title of Baron of the Empire on August 2, 1808, under the name "Bruyère." He served in the Grand Army in 1809. He fought at Essling on May 21 and 22, 1809, leading the 1st Brigade (13th and 24th Light Chasseurs) of the 2nd Division under Montbrun. He was appointed a commander of the Legion of Honor on June 14. He was also present at Wagram on July 6, 1809, where he replaced Marulaz at the head of his division. There he was wounded twice, receiving a serious gunshot wound with a fracture in his right thigh and another in his left shoulder.
Cited on this occasion as an officer of the highest hope for the cavalry, the Emperor promoted him to the rank of divisional general on the same day. He continued to fight at Schöngraben on July 10 but soon had to return to France to heal his wounds. He left the army on August 28 but, barely recovered, he requested a command. The Emperor appointed him to lead the 1st heavy cavalry division of the Army of Germany, under Marshal Davout, on October 17 of the same year. On April 8, 1811, he took command of a light cavalry division. On January 15, 1812, he led the 1st light cavalry division of Nansouty's 1st cavalry corps.
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