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Regiment of Latour-d'Auvergne, Reserve Army. SIGNED AUTOGRAPH LETTER BY COLONEL G. LATOUR D'AUVERGNE authorizing Monsieur de Mariole, Lieutenant Colonel, to be absent for personal affairs, Paris, February 13, 1806. 18911-21

Regiment of Latour-d'Auvergne, Reserve Army. SIGNED AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM COLONEL G. LATOUR D'AUVERGNE authorizing Lieutenant Colonel de Mariole to be absent for personal matters, Paris, February 13, 1806. 18911-21

Header "RESERVE ARMY / 5th Division" "Regiment of Latour-d'Auvergne", with a vignette.
The printed mention "Ls-Cles (Louis-Charles?) de Mariole, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding the 3rd Battalion" has been crossed out.

Paris, February 13, 1806.
Handwritten text: "Mr. de Mariol, Lieutenant Colonel in the Regiment of La Tour d'Auvergne, is allowed to go for his personal affairs to Clermont Ferrand, department of Puy-de-Dome. According to the orders I received from the Minister of War, Mr. de Mariol must be back in Paris by the thirtieth of this month."
Signed: "Colonel G. La Tour D'Auvergne".

Dimensions: 31 cm x 20 cm.
Fair condition, text in good condition, fold marks, small damp stains, aged paper.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT:
The 1st Foreign Regiment is a regiment formed under the First Empire under the name of the Regiment of La Tour d'Auvergne. Mainly formed with Austrian, Russian, and Spanish prisoners of war, it served almost entirely under the Empire in the Italian peninsula from 1806 to 1814. One of its battalions also participated in the war in Spain. The corps was finally disbanded in 1815 after ten years of existence, during which it saw three colonels succeed each other: one of them, Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne, gave his name to the regiment.
Commanding Officers:
November 29, 1805: Godefroy Maurice Marie Joseph de La Tour d'Auvergne, Colonel in Chief
February 13, 1809: Louis Pierre Milcolombe Drummond, Colonel in Chief
1811: Jean-Baptiste Danlion, Second Colonel
March 31, 1812: Jean-Baptiste Danlion, Colonel in Chief
April 8, 1813: Louis Pierre Milcolombe Drummond, Colonel in Chief
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