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NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. An excellent content L.S., `Napoleon´, a good and in full ...
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NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. An excellent content L.S., `Napoleon´, a good and in full bold ink signature example, one page, 4to, 28th November 1806, to General Clarke, in French. Napoleon has left Berlin few days before and is about to reach Warsaw with his army. Napoleon states in part `Monsieur le General Clarke, give the order to publish in the Berlin newspapers that Hameln has surrendered, General Savary has made 9000 prisoners, including four Generals, and among them General Lecoq..´ further saying `Send an officer with the plenipotentiary they will follow the route that Mr. Talleyrand will inform you.´ Further again ordering to publish `Order to publish on newspapers in four days that a suspension of weapons was signed that the king of Prussia has declared that he cannot ratify it being dependent of the Russians..´ With blank integral leaf, bearing a J. Honig & Zoonen watermark. VG £1200-2000 Henri Jacques Clarke (1765-1818) Marshal of France in 1816, one of six created under King Louis XVIII from 1815-24. Duc de Feltre and Minister of War under Napoleon. The Siege of Hamelin took place between 7th and 22nd November 1806. The French forces captured the fortress of Hamelin, close to Hanover, from the Prussian troops. General Anne Jean Marie Savary (1774-1883) leaded the negotiations with Prussian Commander Karl Ludwig von Lecoq (1754-1829) who surrendered. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand (1754-1838) French Diplomat and Statesman. Prime Minister of France July-September 1815.
