KELLERMANN FRANÇOIS CHRISTOPHE: (1735-1820)

KELLERMANN FRANÇOIS CHRISTOPHE: (1735-1820) Marshal of France, Duc de Valmy. A.L.S., ` Le Gral Kellermann´, one page, 4to, Paris, 15th February 1795, to citizen Alexander, Commissair General of the Sambre & Meuze army, in French. An interesting letter by Kellerman, referring to General Alexandre Dumas, father of the author of The Count of Montecristo, stating in part `... J´ai prévenu vos désirs et les miens en vous demandant en qualité de commissaire général pour les armées des Alpes et d´Italie. Dubois Crancé ne m´a pas paru très disposé à me l´accorder. Cependant je persiste et je vais me joindre Dumas pour renouveler ma demande. J´espère qu´elle sera d´autant plus efficace que ce représentant vient aux armées avec moi et que nous allons partir dans trois jours. Vous aurez de nos nouvelles avant de quitter Paris...´ (Translation: "... I have anticipated your desires and mine by asking you as Commissioner General for the armies of the Alps and Italy. Dubois Crancé did not seem very willing to grant it to me. However, I persist and I will join Dumas to renew my request. I hope that it will be all the more effective as this representative is coming to the armies with me and we will be leaving in three days. You will hear from us before leaving Paris...") With blank address leaf, bearing a red wax seal in good condition with the initials of Kellerman. VG Edmond-Louis Dubois de Crancé (1747-1814) French General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (1762-1806) was a Creole General, from the French colony of Saint-Domingue, in the Revolutionary France. Father of Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) the writer and author of The Count of Montecristo. Dumas commanded 53,000 troops as the General-in-Chief of the French Army of the Alps. Dumas's victory in opening the high Alpine passes in 1794, short before the present letter was written, enabled the French to initiate their Second Italian Campaign against the Austrian Empire.

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After Pierre Victor Olagnon (1786-1845), engraved by Noël François Bertrand (1785-1852). Portrait of the Duc d'Angoulême. Engraving. Gilded wood frame. Size : 58x44 cm (view).

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François-Étienne KELLERMANN (1735-1820) marshal, duke of Valmy. P.S., Paris 15 nivose VI (January 4, 1798); 11-page folio, bound with blue ribbons. Fine copy prepared "Pour le citoyen BARRAS, President du Directoire Executif", of his "Mémoire du Citoyen Général Kellermann au Directoire Exécutif". Kellermann complains that "by a sort of fatality, his destiny since the beginning of the Revolution has always been to be alternately slandered and persecuted, then justified". Here again, he protests against the prejudices that led to his reform (October 1797), tracing his entire military career. He calmed the indiscipline of the troops in 1790, took Neubrisach and Landau in April and May 1791; he recounts the battle of VALMY; then he forced Lyon to surrender, and defeated the Piedmontese who had invaded Mont-Blanc; he was nevertheless imprisoned by "Robespierre and his satellites", and underwent "a rigorous captivity of 13 months"; he was put back in charge of the Alps and Italian armies, but described the catastrophic situation and destitution of the Army of Italy; despite his meagre resources, he succeeded in stopping the enemy, notably on the Petit Gibraltar or Gentil Prêtre plateau. Referring to General BONAPARTE's "two astonishing and glorious campaigns at the head of the Army of Italy", he adds: "It is up to General BONAPARTE to testify to the Directoire of the friendship and zeal with which General Kellermann supported his wishes in this respect, by passing on to him with celerity and in spite of hitherto invincible obstacles, all the help that was in his power. It is by this conduct that General Kellermann contributed to General BONAPARTE's victories, which brought about the happy Peace of which France is still rejoicing". Kellermann justifies his conduct with regard to the unrest that followed 18 fructidor, and explains the lack of correspondence he maintained with theDirectoire. He denies any complacency towards the émigrés, and hopes that the Directoire will do him justice... [Kellermann was reinstated on February 5, 1798].

KELLERMANN FRANÇOIS CHRISTOPHE: (1735-1820)

KELLERMANN FRANÇOIS CHRISTOPHE: (1735-1820)

After Pierre Victor Olagnon (1786-1845), engraved by Noël François Bertrand (1785-1852). Portrait of the Duc d'Angoulême. Engraving. Gilded wood frame. Size : 58x44 cm (view).

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