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VANDAMME, DOMINIQUE JOSPEH RENE

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VANDAMME, DOMINIQUE JOSPEH RENE
(1770 - 1830) French general in the Napoleonic Wars, he was instrumental in important battles such as Austerlitz, Wagram and Hamburg. Rare L.S. 1p. 4to., Boulogne, Nov. 7, 1804, in French to ""Monsignor"", in part: ""...I have the honor to bring to your attention...that a Spanish convoy has arrived in Eille [?]...three women and children, escorted by an officer, twenty-four Hussars from the 4th Regiment and twenty infantryman. Six prisoners have stayed at Eille and...four have departed for Phalsbourg under the same escort..."". A small strip of paper pasted at bottom, slight mounting traces to verso, else very good.