66th Line Infantry Regiment. SIGNED LETTER BY BÉCHAUD*, major of the 66th Line Infantry Regiment, commanding the 3rd and 4th battalions, TO THE MINISTER OF WAR REQUESTING CLARIFICATIONS REGARDING THE PLACEMENT OF TWO BATTALION COMMANDERS, May 30, 1807. 18911-20
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66th Infantry Regiment of the Line. SIGNED LETTER BY BÉCHAUD*, major of the 66th Infantry Regiment of the Line, commanding the 3rd and 4th battalions, TO THE MINISTER OF WAR FOR CLARIFICATIONS ON THE PLACEMENT OF TWO BATTALION COMMANDERS, May 30, 1807. 18911-20
Header of the 12th Military Division / Infantry Bureau.
"Honour and Fatherland" with a vignette of the Legion of Honour.
"At Les Sables on 30 May 1807".
"Your Excellency,
Upon his arrival, I received Mr Cresté, a battalion commander in the 4th, Mr Stavelot having already been placed in the 3rd during the Organization, but I now request from H.R.H. for the satisfaction of these two officers whether they should continue their service in the battalions where they are currently placed.
The 1st, Mr Cresté, is a battalion commander of the 22nd nivôse year 9
and Mr Stavelot is of the 24th messidor year 10.
I beg H.R.H. to respond to me on this subject so that I may communicate his decision and that it may serve as a rule for me.
I assure him at the same time of my deepest respect".
Signed "Béchaud".
Handwritten note in the margin "inquires if the 2 battalion commanders are well placed and if they should remain as such".
Handwritten recording at the top of the page "No. 2553 / June 6".
1 page. H 26 cm x 21.7 cm.
Good condition, folds marks.
* Jean-Pierre BÉCHAUD, born on February 17, 1770 in Belfort and died on February 27, 1814 at the Battle of Orthez, was a French general of the First Empire.
Baron Béchaud and of the Empire on August 15, 1809.
Legion of Honour:
Legionnaire on June 25, 1804, then,
Officer of the Legion of Honour on August 21, 1810.
[...]
The Emperor made him a member of the Legion of Honour on June 25, 1804, while he was still serving in the Army of Saint-Domingue. Returning to France, and placed in his rank at the 86th Infantry Regiment on October 4, 1803, he moved to the 66th on November 11 to contribute to the organization of that regiment, and was appointed major on the third additional day. Called to Spain in 1808, he became second colonel on December 8, first provisional colonel on March 3, 1809, and Baron of the Empire on August 15, 1809. Seriously wounded on July 24, 1810, at the Battle of the Coa, the Emperor appointed him an Officer of the Legion of Honour on August 21, 1810. He distinguished himself during the siege of Almeida, then on September 27, at the Battle of Buçaco, where he received a ball that pierced his chest. He was at Fuentes de Oñoro from May 3 to 5, 1811. Confirmed in the command of the 66th Infantry Regiment on November 25, 1811, he followed in 1812 the operations of the Army of Portugal under General Souham, who requested the rank of brigadier general for him in the following terms: This "senior officer, of rare merit and proven courage, acted with the greatest distinction last October 25 in the glorious combat of Villamuriel." Promoted to this rank on January 28, 1813, he joined the Mayence observation corps on June 1, returned to Spain in July, and was seriously wounded on October 7, 1813, at the Battle of the Bidassoa. Attached to the Army of the Pyrenees in 1814, he fell on the field of honor on February 27, 1814, at the Battle of Orthez.
Header of the 12th Military Division / Infantry Bureau.
"Honour and Fatherland" with a vignette of the Legion of Honour.
"At Les Sables on 30 May 1807".
"Your Excellency,
Upon his arrival, I received Mr Cresté, a battalion commander in the 4th, Mr Stavelot having already been placed in the 3rd during the Organization, but I now request from H.R.H. for the satisfaction of these two officers whether they should continue their service in the battalions where they are currently placed.
The 1st, Mr Cresté, is a battalion commander of the 22nd nivôse year 9
and Mr Stavelot is of the 24th messidor year 10.
I beg H.R.H. to respond to me on this subject so that I may communicate his decision and that it may serve as a rule for me.
I assure him at the same time of my deepest respect".
Signed "Béchaud".
Handwritten note in the margin "inquires if the 2 battalion commanders are well placed and if they should remain as such".
Handwritten recording at the top of the page "No. 2553 / June 6".
1 page. H 26 cm x 21.7 cm.
Good condition, folds marks.
* Jean-Pierre BÉCHAUD, born on February 17, 1770 in Belfort and died on February 27, 1814 at the Battle of Orthez, was a French general of the First Empire.
Baron Béchaud and of the Empire on August 15, 1809.
Legion of Honour:
Legionnaire on June 25, 1804, then,
Officer of the Legion of Honour on August 21, 1810.
[...]
The Emperor made him a member of the Legion of Honour on June 25, 1804, while he was still serving in the Army of Saint-Domingue. Returning to France, and placed in his rank at the 86th Infantry Regiment on October 4, 1803, he moved to the 66th on November 11 to contribute to the organization of that regiment, and was appointed major on the third additional day. Called to Spain in 1808, he became second colonel on December 8, first provisional colonel on March 3, 1809, and Baron of the Empire on August 15, 1809. Seriously wounded on July 24, 1810, at the Battle of the Coa, the Emperor appointed him an Officer of the Legion of Honour on August 21, 1810. He distinguished himself during the siege of Almeida, then on September 27, at the Battle of Buçaco, where he received a ball that pierced his chest. He was at Fuentes de Oñoro from May 3 to 5, 1811. Confirmed in the command of the 66th Infantry Regiment on November 25, 1811, he followed in 1812 the operations of the Army of Portugal under General Souham, who requested the rank of brigadier general for him in the following terms: This "senior officer, of rare merit and proven courage, acted with the greatest distinction last October 25 in the glorious combat of Villamuriel." Promoted to this rank on January 28, 1813, he joined the Mayence observation corps on June 1, returned to Spain in July, and was seriously wounded on October 7, 1813, at the Battle of the Bidassoa. Attached to the Army of the Pyrenees in 1814, he fell on the field of honor on February 27, 1814, at the Battle of Orthez.
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