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[GENERAL CAZALS] Autograph minutes. 1801, 80 pp. in-4 and in-8, numerous erasures, map sketch, 5 pp. in-8 and 7 pp. plan sketch. (gc12). Scattered minutes of future General Cazals' notes on Sicily and Italy on his return from Egypt at the end of 1801. After serving in the army's campaigns in Holland and Germany under Kléber and Championnet, Louis-Joseph-Elisabeth Cazals (1774-1813) was employed by the Armée d'Orient in May 1798, shortly after being promoted to chef de bataillon. He served in the capture of Malta in June 1798, then in the capture of Alexandria; appointed commander of the Kléber division's engineers, he was at the Pyramids and at the battle of Gemyleh in September; appointed commander of the fort of El Arich, he was forced to capitulate following a revolt by the garrison in January 1800. He was promoted to provisional brigade commander by Kléber shortly after Heliopolis, and served in the recapture of Cairo and Alexandria. According to Six, he returned to France at the end of 1801, where he was appointed director of fortifications at Perpignan, then commander of the engineering corps at the Montreuil camp. Notes on Herculaneum and Naples: "Herculaneum, now covered with lava, ash and earth to a height of 100 feet, was founded on lava; it was destroyed at the same time as Pompeia, but its less unfortunate inhabitants had time to save themselves (...). Until 50 years ago, the location of Herculaneum was unknown (...). All the objects found at Herculaneum, Pompeia and Stabine have been brought together in the museum; in the course of the war, all the most precious items were taken to Palermo (...)". Enclosed: notes extracted from Scamori, on the different orders of architecture, a sketch of the coast of Sicily from Syracuse to Messina, after Mr. de Laborde, with indication of the main towns and the volcano of Etna and sketches of plans of Roman houses with atrium, plan of a Roman amphitheater, sketch of a portico.

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[GENERAL CAZALS] Autograph minutes. 1801, 80 pp. in-4 and in-8, numerous erasures, map sketch, 5 pp. in-8 and 7 pp. plan sketch. (gc12). Scattered minutes of future General Cazals' notes on Sicily and Italy on his return from Egypt at the end of 1801. After serving in the army's campaigns in Holland and Germany under Kléber and Championnet, Louis-Joseph-Elisabeth Cazals (1774-1813) was employed by the Armée d'Orient in May 1798, shortly after being promoted to chef de bataillon. He served in the capture of Malta in June 1798, then in the capture of Alexandria; appointed commander of the Kléber division's engineers, he was at the Pyramids and at the battle of Gemyleh in September; appointed commander of the fort of El Arich, he was forced to capitulate following a revolt by the garrison in January 1800. He was promoted to provisional brigade commander by Kléber shortly after Heliopolis, and served in the recapture of Cairo and Alexandria. According to Six, he returned to France at the end of 1801, where he was appointed director of fortifications at Perpignan, then commander of the engineering corps at the Montreuil camp. Notes on Herculaneum and Naples: "Herculaneum, now covered with lava, ash and earth to a height of 100 feet, was founded on lava; it was destroyed at the same time as Pompeia, but its less unfortunate inhabitants had time to save themselves (...). Until 50 years ago, the location of Herculaneum was unknown (...). All the objects found at Herculaneum, Pompeia and Stabine have been brought together in the museum; in the course of the war, all the most precious items were taken to Palermo (...)". Enclosed: notes extracted from Scamori, on the different orders of architecture, a sketch of the coast of Sicily from Syracuse to Messina, after Mr. de Laborde, with indication of the main towns and the volcano of Etna and sketches of plans of Roman houses with atrium, plan of a Roman amphitheater, sketch of a portico.

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