(HOCHE'S DEATH) Marshal MOLITOR (Gabriel-Jean-Joseph, comte) Hayange/Moselle 1770 - 1849 - Marshal of France - Signed "MOLITOR" as Adjudant General - for a true copy of an Order of the Day reporting General HOCHE's death - Army of RHIN MOSELLE. Division du Général AMBERT - au H.Q. à OFFENBOURG (Allemagne), le 5 vendémiaire an 6 (26 sept 1797) - 1p in-folio - "Le Général HOCHE ayant le Commandement Supérieur de l'Armée de Rhin Moselle, lorsque par sa mort la république a perdu un Défenseur zélé, il sera mis le 6 de ce mois à la parade des crêpes aux Drapeaux de chacun des Bataillons... The Divisions will receive ...orders for the armies to be complete and ready to march on the 15th of this month... signed FRÉRION - Division Order ...complaints about the damage being done in the vineyards by a few volunteers...".

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