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BEAUPUY MICHEL DE: (1755-1796)

BEAUPUY MICHEL DE: (1755-1796) French Soldier. Beaupuy rose in rank to command an infantry division during the French revolutionary wars. He was killed by a cannonball during the Battle of Emmendingen. A good A.L.S., ` Beaupuy´, one page, 4to, Head Quarters of Spire, 20th October 1795, to Brigade General Joba, in French. The autograph letter bears to the heading the printed heading of the Army of the Rhine and Moselle, 5th Division, and states in part ` Encore un saut, mon cher général, et puis un autre et j´espère que nous aurons franchi le Rhin. Je viens de charger le chef de l´état-major pour alléger la besogne, d´envoyer les ordres de départ à toute votre brigade. Ci-joint notre nouvel emplacement. Je porte mon quartier à Rheigenheim, vous ferez bien d´établir le votre ici, et de prendre mon logement. Les gardes ne bougeront pas tant que leurs successeurs ne soint arrivés... Votre leçon aux Autrichiens m´a fait plaisir...´ (Translation: " One more jump, my dear general, and then another and I hope we will have crossed the Rhine. I have just instructed the Chief of Staff, to lighten the workload, to send departure orders to your entire brigade. Attached is our new location. I have my head-quarters in Rheigenheim, you will do well to establish yours here, and take my accommodation. The guards will not move until their successors arrive... Your lesson to the Austrians made me happy...") To a postscriptum Beaupuy says ` J´oubliais seulement le mouvement. C´est cette nuit à 5 heures précises, qu´il s´exécute. Sans tambours et sans trompettes...´ (Translation: " I only forgot to say about the troops movement. It will be tonight at 5 o'clock exactly, make them execute it. Without fanfare and without trumpets...") Addressed to the verso to citizen Brigade General Joba at Belheim. Small professional repait to the left edge, otherwise VG Dominique Joba (1759-1809) French General of Brigade killed at the battle of Saint Gregorio during the besiege of Girona in Spain.

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BEAUPUY MICHEL DE: (1755-1796)

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