NAPOLEON 1er - Signed letter
NAPOLEON Ier (Napoleon Bonaparte) (1769 - 1821), Emperor of the French.
Letter signed "Np" written by Baron Fain to the Duke of Feltre. Mainz April 17, 1813; 1 in-4 ° page with pinned acknowledgment of receipt ticket.
Composition of elite battalions to be formed by the regiments of Latour d'Auvergne and that of Isembourg: “Monsieur le Duc de Feltre, I have received your letter of April 14. - The Elite Battalion that must form the Regiment of La tour d'Auvergne, must be composed of 4 comp (agn) ies of grenadiers forming 600 h (omm) es and 4 companies of Chasseurs or voltigeurs also forming 600 men . The same is true of the Elite Battalion that the Regiment of Isembourg must form. - So there is nothing to change my dispositions (…) ”
The Isembourg regiment was created by the decree of 10 Brumaire year 14 (November 1, 1805). It is made up of German, Polish, Russian and other foreign soldiers, prisoners of war made up following the German campaign of 1805. The reigning prince of Isembourg is appointed colonel. The Isembourg regiment, like the La Tour d'Auvergne regiment, is made up of a staff and 3 battalions with 9 companies, including one of carabinieri and one of voltigeurs, ie 3,224 men, officers included. Formed in Mainz, the regiment was subsequently directed to Toul to be organized there. At the end of May 1806, he was sent to Toulon for the kingdom of Naples, where he fought until 1814. From 1809, the regiment received authorization to recruit Spanish and Portuguese prisoners of war. The decree of October 16, 1810 reorganized the Isembourg regiment into 6 battalions with 6 companies. He became 2nd foreign regiment by decree of August 3, 1811 before being dismissed in 1814.
Unpublished letter, not cited in the Grande Correspondance
Letter signed "Np" written by Baron Fain to the Duke of Feltre. Mainz April 17, 1813; 1 in-4 ° page with pinned acknowledgment of receipt ticket.
Composition of elite battalions to be formed by the regiments of Latour d'Auvergne and that of Isembourg: “Monsieur le Duc de Feltre, I have received your letter of April 14. - The Elite Battalion that must form the Regiment of La tour d'Auvergne, must be composed of 4 comp (agn) ies of grenadiers forming 600 h (omm) es and 4 companies of Chasseurs or voltigeurs also forming 600 men . The same is true of the Elite Battalion that the Regiment of Isembourg must form. - So there is nothing to change my dispositions (…) ”
The Isembourg regiment was created by the decree of 10 Brumaire year 14 (November 1, 1805). It is made up of German, Polish, Russian and other foreign soldiers, prisoners of war made up following the German campaign of 1805. The reigning prince of Isembourg is appointed colonel. The Isembourg regiment, like the La Tour d'Auvergne regiment, is made up of a staff and 3 battalions with 9 companies, including one of carabinieri and one of voltigeurs, ie 3,224 men, officers included. Formed in Mainz, the regiment was subsequently directed to Toul to be organized there. At the end of May 1806, he was sent to Toulon for the kingdom of Naples, where he fought until 1814. From 1809, the regiment received authorization to recruit Spanish and Portuguese prisoners of war. The decree of October 16, 1810 reorganized the Isembourg regiment into 6 battalions with 6 companies. He became 2nd foreign regiment by decree of August 3, 1811 before being dismissed in 1814.
Unpublished letter, not cited in the Grande Correspondance
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