Place de Laon, June 1815. AUTOGRAPH ORDER SIGNED BY THE GENERAL (Count Puvis?) COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE 2nd AND 6th CORPS, ADDRESSED TO GENERAL GAUTHIER, COMMANDING THE 9th DIVISION, Laon, June 23, 1815. 18906-53
Laon Square, June 1815. HANDWRITTEN ORDER SIGNED BY GENERAL (Count Puvis?), COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE 2nd AND 6th CORPS, ADDRESSED TO GENERAL GAUTHIER*, COMMANDING THE 9th DIVISION, Laon 23 June 1815. 18906-53
"The General commanding the 2nd and 6th Corps" addresses the following order to General Gauthier:
"General Gauthier, commanding the 9th Division, upon his arrival in the square of Laon, will form a battalion of three hundred men from the 100th Line Infantry Regiment, which he will designate as the 2nd Battalion. Additionally, he will form another battalion from the 93rd Regiment, consisting of four hundred and fifty men, to be known as the 2nd Battalion of the 93rd Regiment. He will place these two battalions at the disposal of General Langeron**, senior commander in Laon, to be part of the garrison of this place, and for this purpose, he will prepare them for the barrack?
The Colonels of the Regiments as well as the eagles will be ready to follow the movement of the other battalion frames.
Signed: The General commanding the 2nd and 6th Corps Count (Puvis?).
Laon 23 June 1815."
Height 23 cm (trimmed) x 19.8 cm.
Good condition, bottom of the page trimmed.
* Jean-Joseph Gauthier, born on April 30, 1765 in Septmoncel in the Jura and died on November 26, 1815 in Ruffey-sur-Seille, in the same department, was a French general of the Revolution and the Empire.
[...] General of the Empire
From 1805 to 1806, Gauthier served in the Army of Italy and then joined the Grande Armée in 1807. In 1809, he was in Germany with the 3rd division of the 4th army corps, and his brilliant conduct at Essling earned him the title of Baron of the Empire on December 19, 1809, with a dotation of 4,000 francs of annuity. He was promoted to brigadier general on August 6, 1811, and served in this capacity in the Illyrian provinces. During the third campaign in Dalmatia, he defended the fortress of Cattaro against the Anglo-Montenegrins; forced to surrender on January 3, 1814, he was sent back to France as part of a prisoner exchange.
Upon his return to France in February 1814, he was sent to the Lyon army in March of the same year. During the First Restoration, he took command of the Ain department, and King Louis XVIII made him a Knight of Saint Louis on August 20, 1814. In March 1815, he accompanied the Emperor to Paris. In May, he was appointed to command the 1st brigade of the 9th division of the 2nd corps of the Army of the North and participated with these troops in the campaign in Belgium. General Gauthier was wounded by a gunshot to the lower abdomen on June 15, 1815, and was sent home upon the disbandment of the 2nd corps on August 31. He died in Ruffey-sur-Seille on November 26, 1815, from the effects of the wound received during the final campaign.
** GENERAL LANGERON:
Alexandre Louis Andrault (Russian: Алекса́ндр Фёдорович Ланжеро́н), Count of Langeron, Marquis of La Coste, Baron of Sassy and Cougny, Lord of Mont, Bazolle Isle of Mars and Alligny, born in Paris on January 13, 1763, died in St. Petersburg on July 4, 1831, from a cholera epidemic, was a French colonel and later a general in the Russian Empire during the wars of the Revolution and the Empire.
[...] In 1813, he fought at the battles of Königswart, Bautzen, and the Katzbach under the command of the Prussian general Blücher and at the battle of Leipzig under Bernadotte.
[...] He crossed the Rhine at Kaub on January 1, 1814, besieged the fortress of Mainz, then entered France and fought at Soissons, Laon, Reims, Craonne, Fère-Champenoise, and finally at the Battle of Paris, where on March 30, 1814, he captured the Montmartre battery.
"The General commanding the 2nd and 6th Corps" addresses the following order to General Gauthier:
"General Gauthier, commanding the 9th Division, upon his arrival in the square of Laon, will form a battalion of three hundred men from the 100th Line Infantry Regiment, which he will designate as the 2nd Battalion. Additionally, he will form another battalion from the 93rd Regiment, consisting of four hundred and fifty men, to be known as the 2nd Battalion of the 93rd Regiment. He will place these two battalions at the disposal of General Langeron**, senior commander in Laon, to be part of the garrison of this place, and for this purpose, he will prepare them for the barrack?
The Colonels of the Regiments as well as the eagles will be ready to follow the movement of the other battalion frames.
Signed: The General commanding the 2nd and 6th Corps Count (Puvis?).
Laon 23 June 1815."
Height 23 cm (trimmed) x 19.8 cm.
Good condition, bottom of the page trimmed.
* Jean-Joseph Gauthier, born on April 30, 1765 in Septmoncel in the Jura and died on November 26, 1815 in Ruffey-sur-Seille, in the same department, was a French general of the Revolution and the Empire.
[...] General of the Empire
From 1805 to 1806, Gauthier served in the Army of Italy and then joined the Grande Armée in 1807. In 1809, he was in Germany with the 3rd division of the 4th army corps, and his brilliant conduct at Essling earned him the title of Baron of the Empire on December 19, 1809, with a dotation of 4,000 francs of annuity. He was promoted to brigadier general on August 6, 1811, and served in this capacity in the Illyrian provinces. During the third campaign in Dalmatia, he defended the fortress of Cattaro against the Anglo-Montenegrins; forced to surrender on January 3, 1814, he was sent back to France as part of a prisoner exchange.
Upon his return to France in February 1814, he was sent to the Lyon army in March of the same year. During the First Restoration, he took command of the Ain department, and King Louis XVIII made him a Knight of Saint Louis on August 20, 1814. In March 1815, he accompanied the Emperor to Paris. In May, he was appointed to command the 1st brigade of the 9th division of the 2nd corps of the Army of the North and participated with these troops in the campaign in Belgium. General Gauthier was wounded by a gunshot to the lower abdomen on June 15, 1815, and was sent home upon the disbandment of the 2nd corps on August 31. He died in Ruffey-sur-Seille on November 26, 1815, from the effects of the wound received during the final campaign.
** GENERAL LANGERON:
Alexandre Louis Andrault (Russian: Алекса́ндр Фёдорович Ланжеро́н), Count of Langeron, Marquis of La Coste, Baron of Sassy and Cougny, Lord of Mont, Bazolle Isle of Mars and Alligny, born in Paris on January 13, 1763, died in St. Petersburg on July 4, 1831, from a cholera epidemic, was a French colonel and later a general in the Russian Empire during the wars of the Revolution and the Empire.
[...] In 1813, he fought at the battles of Königswart, Bautzen, and the Katzbach under the command of the Prussian general Blücher and at the battle of Leipzig under Bernadotte.
[...] He crossed the Rhine at Kaub on January 1, 1814, besieged the fortress of Mainz, then entered France and fought at Soissons, Laon, Reims, Craonne, Fère-Champenoise, and finally at the Battle of Paris, where on March 30, 1814, he captured the Montmartre battery.
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An authenticity certificate of the item including the description published on the site, the period, the sale price, accompanied by one or more color photographs is automatically provided for any item priced over 130 euros. Below this price, each certificate is charged 5 euros.
Only items sold by me are subject to an authenticity certificate, I do not provide any expert reports for items sold by third parties (colleagues or collectors).