TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS: ONE FROM CAVALRY GENERAL LOUIS BRO DE COMÈRES TO HIS WIFE LAURE, Thorn June 15, 1813, THE OTHER FROM HIS WIFE TO LOUIS, March 10, 1813. 18856-26
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TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS: ONE FROM CAVALRY GENERAL LOUIS BRO DE COMÈRES TO HIS WIFE LAURE, Thorn, June 15, 1813, AND THE OTHER FROM HIS WIFE TO LOUIS, March 10, 1813. 18856-26
This letter comes with a very beautiful autograph letter signed by his wife, dated March 10, 1813.
1 - Letter with address "To Madame / Madame Bro at Mr. Arnault's, her uncle. General Secretary Counselor of the University / At the Palace of the Legislative Body / In Paris." Small red wax seal.
The general informs his wife of his hasty departure from Thorn " ... because now the Imperial Quarter is quite far away and I believe that you will not receive the notice ... until about two weeks. Two notices are better than one when it comes to reassuring you. I will be in Königsberg in ten or twelve days ... I have regained my courage [after the retreat from Russia], dear angel, and you can count on my strength to endure the privations I am about to face ... Farewell, beloved princess, my good angel, my Laure, I love you. I love you a thousand times more than words can express. Farewell. Signed: Your Louis."
Double leaf H 19 cm x 11.5 cm. 2 pages of text.
Good condition, folds, marginal tears with some loss (without impact on the text).
2 - Very beautiful letter from his wife Laure on embossed paper with garlands at the edges, with a blue border (*).
Excerpts:
March 10, Tuesday: "I want to write to you on the paper of this woman from Moscow, this poor mother whom you have generously helped ... it will please you to receive a letter from me but your pleasure will be doubled upon seeing this paper that must only be used to bless you, my dear Louis ...".
March 11, Wednesday: His wife had a dream "where you did not stop me from recounting your travels from Paris to Moscow ... This morning I saw Mr. FESUR who is arranging your leave with General Guyot and Marshal Bessières ...".
She mentions meeting Aglaé " ... she wants to embrace you here until she can do so in a different way. But Sir, what does it mean to embrace differently, devil, that's good to know ... Farewell my Louis."
Double leaf. 3 pages of closely written text. H 24.5 cm x 19 cm.
(*) paper brought from Moscow by her husband. Details are provided in the letter. In his Memoirs (Ed. Plon 1914), Bro de Comères speaks of this letter (page 131).
BIOGRAPHY:
Louis Bro, born on August 17, 1781 in Paris, and died on October 8, 1844 in Armentières, was a French military officer and memoirist.
He is renowned for his role in the Napoleonic campaigns as well as his close relationships with artists like Delacroix and Géricault.
[...] On December 6, 1811, he became a squadron leader of the hussars. That same year, he was ennobled by letters patent on October 31, 1811, and became a Knight of the Empire.
On February 7, 1812, he returned to Magdeburg in Germany and on April 14 married Laure de Comères (1788-1845) whose family originated from Toulouse.
The same year, Louis Bro joined the Chasseurs à Cheval of the Imperial Guard and participated in the Russian campaign. In 1813, he took part in the Campaign of Germany, then, by permission, returned to Paris on March 20 and was promoted to major on June 28.
On April 17, 1815, he took command as colonel of the 4th Regiment of Chevau-Légers-Lanciers (formerly the 9th Dragoons) at Aire-sur-la-Lys.
At the Battle of Waterloo under the command of Brigadier General Gobrecht, he led a famous charge. Indeed, he crushed Ponsonby's brigade, resulting in the death (attributed to him by Charles Mullié) of Major General Sir William Ponsonby who commanded it, and recaptured the eagle of the 55th Infantry Regiment, taken by Ponsonby's dragoons. Colonel Bro, involved in this action, was seriously injured.
In March 1816, he returned to Paris.
On July 22, 1816, during the Restoration, he was stripped of his rank of colonel and placed on half-pay. After five years on leave, he returned to service as the second-in-command of the 2nd Legion of the Parisian National Guard.
[...]
This letter comes with a very beautiful autograph letter signed by his wife, dated March 10, 1813.
1 - Letter with address "To Madame / Madame Bro at Mr. Arnault's, her uncle. General Secretary Counselor of the University / At the Palace of the Legislative Body / In Paris." Small red wax seal.
The general informs his wife of his hasty departure from Thorn " ... because now the Imperial Quarter is quite far away and I believe that you will not receive the notice ... until about two weeks. Two notices are better than one when it comes to reassuring you. I will be in Königsberg in ten or twelve days ... I have regained my courage [after the retreat from Russia], dear angel, and you can count on my strength to endure the privations I am about to face ... Farewell, beloved princess, my good angel, my Laure, I love you. I love you a thousand times more than words can express. Farewell. Signed: Your Louis."
Double leaf H 19 cm x 11.5 cm. 2 pages of text.
Good condition, folds, marginal tears with some loss (without impact on the text).
2 - Very beautiful letter from his wife Laure on embossed paper with garlands at the edges, with a blue border (*).
Excerpts:
March 10, Tuesday: "I want to write to you on the paper of this woman from Moscow, this poor mother whom you have generously helped ... it will please you to receive a letter from me but your pleasure will be doubled upon seeing this paper that must only be used to bless you, my dear Louis ...".
March 11, Wednesday: His wife had a dream "where you did not stop me from recounting your travels from Paris to Moscow ... This morning I saw Mr. FESUR who is arranging your leave with General Guyot and Marshal Bessières ...".
She mentions meeting Aglaé " ... she wants to embrace you here until she can do so in a different way. But Sir, what does it mean to embrace differently, devil, that's good to know ... Farewell my Louis."
Double leaf. 3 pages of closely written text. H 24.5 cm x 19 cm.
(*) paper brought from Moscow by her husband. Details are provided in the letter. In his Memoirs (Ed. Plon 1914), Bro de Comères speaks of this letter (page 131).
BIOGRAPHY:
Louis Bro, born on August 17, 1781 in Paris, and died on October 8, 1844 in Armentières, was a French military officer and memoirist.
He is renowned for his role in the Napoleonic campaigns as well as his close relationships with artists like Delacroix and Géricault.
[...] On December 6, 1811, he became a squadron leader of the hussars. That same year, he was ennobled by letters patent on October 31, 1811, and became a Knight of the Empire.
On February 7, 1812, he returned to Magdeburg in Germany and on April 14 married Laure de Comères (1788-1845) whose family originated from Toulouse.
The same year, Louis Bro joined the Chasseurs à Cheval of the Imperial Guard and participated in the Russian campaign. In 1813, he took part in the Campaign of Germany, then, by permission, returned to Paris on March 20 and was promoted to major on June 28.
On April 17, 1815, he took command as colonel of the 4th Regiment of Chevau-Légers-Lanciers (formerly the 9th Dragoons) at Aire-sur-la-Lys.
At the Battle of Waterloo under the command of Brigadier General Gobrecht, he led a famous charge. Indeed, he crushed Ponsonby's brigade, resulting in the death (attributed to him by Charles Mullié) of Major General Sir William Ponsonby who commanded it, and recaptured the eagle of the 55th Infantry Regiment, taken by Ponsonby's dragoons. Colonel Bro, involved in this action, was seriously injured.
In March 1816, he returned to Paris.
On July 22, 1816, during the Restoration, he was stripped of his rank of colonel and placed on half-pay. After five years on leave, he returned to service as the second-in-command of the 2nd Legion of the Parisian National Guard.
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