Napoleon I. – eigenhändig signierter Brief, Smolensk, 19.8.1812 - photo 1
Napoleon I. – eigenhändig signierter Brief, Smolensk, 19.8.1812 - photo 2

Napoleon I. – eigenhändig signierter Brief, Smolensk, 19.8.1812

Lot 4044
01.06.2021 10:00UTC +01:00
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€ 3 600
AuctioneerHermann Historica
Event locationGermany, Grasbrunn / München
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Lot 4044 | Napoleon I. – eigenhändig signierter Brief, Smolensk, 19.8.1812
Estimate value
€ 500
Tinte auf Papier. Brief zur Schlacht bei Smolensk am 17.8.1812. Nachrichten, die über Berthier ("Mon Cousin") an Oudinot ("Duc de Reggio") gerichtet wurden: "… an den Herzog von Reggio, dass in der Schlacht von Krasnoi der König von Neapel (Murat) und der Herzog von Elchingen (Ney) 1500 Gefangene gemacht ... und viele Menschen getötet haben, dass wir den Feind bis Smolensk verfolgt haben ... dass der Feind angegriffen und besiegt wurde, dass er 4000 Mann auf dem Schlachtfeld zurückließ, dass er viele tötete und 10 oder 12000 verwundete ... und dass er in großer Eile den Fluss überquerte, dass wir ihn auf dem Weg nach Moskau verfolgten ...". Bereits am 14.8.1812 hatte es bei Krasnoi eine erste Schlacht zwischen den Franzosen unter den Marschällen Michel Ney und Joachim Murat und den Russen unter den Generälen Nikolai Rajewski und Dmitri Newerowski gegeben. Die Franzosen hatten damals gesiegt, daraufhin Smolensk besetzen und zunächst weiter nach Moskau vorrücken können.
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