Tyrol Expedition, 1797. SIGNED LETTER FROM LAUDON ADDRESSED TO GENERAL DE DIVISION BALLAND, April 24, 1797. 18910-41
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Tyrolean Expedition, 1797. SIGNED LETTER BY LAUDON ADDRESS TO GENERAL DE DIVISION BALLAND, April 24, 1797. 18910-41
With address "Headquarters of (...varedo) / To Mr. / General de / Division Balland / at the Citadel of / Verona."
Beautiful red wax seal with crowned initials.
Autographed letter addressed to General de Division Balland, Headquarters of R(..)vorédoce, April 24, 1797.
"Sir General,
The parlementary officer tasked with delivering to you the armistice signed by my hand had to return it to Mr. Sillet, aide-de-camp to General La Hoze*, to whom you will kindly send orders to have it delivered to you.
Please believe me to be with perfect consideration."
Signed "General (...) the Troops of H.M. the Emperor (...) in Tyrol. Laudon."
Double-page sheet. 1/2 page of writing (on the right half).
H 23.9 cm x 17.3 cm.
Good condition, folds, tear at the level of the wax seal.
HISTORICAL CONTEXT:
The Tyrolean Expedition was described by Lazare Carnot as a campaign of giants.
Bonaparte had dispatched 16,000 men under the command of General Joubert, who defeated generals Laudon and Kerpen and forced all the passes of Tyrol, while Bernadotte advanced towards Laybach.
- The Treaty of Leoben (or Peace of Leoben) is a peace treaty concluded on the 29th day of Germinal, year V (April 18, 1797) by Napoleon Bonaparte on behalf of the French Republic.
DESCRIPTION:
It was a preliminary agreement proposed on the 18th day of Germinal, year V (April 7, 1797), during the French advance to Judenburg in Styria, which included a number of secret clauses. These clauses stated that Austria would lose control of the Austrian Netherlands and Lombardy, ceded to France, in exchange for the Venetian possessions of Istria and Dalmatia.
This dismemberment of the Republic of Venice, which was reduced to only the Dogado, marked its final disappearance as an independent state.
The treaty was confirmed and expanded upon by a final peace agreement, the Treaty of Campo Formio, on the 26th day of Vendémiaire, year VI (October 17, 1797).
- The Veronese Easters were a revolt in Verona against the French occupiers and the subsequent massacre by the city's population on April 17, 1797 (year V), during Bonaparte's Italian campaign. Verona was then in the Venetian States. On that day, Bonaparte was negotiating the Treaty of Leoben in Austria.
DEVELOPMENT:
Antoine BALLAND commanded this stronghold. Anticipating a revolt, he barricaded himself, with his meager troops, in Castel San Felice and two other castles, leaving only a few soldiers to guard the gates and none to watch over the civilians and the some 600 sick.
On Monday, April 17, the end of Easter vespers was sounded, and the population poured into the streets and public squares. The city gates were seized. French individuals who lived isolated in private homes - whether sick, wounded, or pregnant women - and Veronese suspected of being pro-French were then killed.
In retaliation, General Bonaparte invaded the Venetian States, demanded and obtained the aristocracy's relinquishment of power. The Republic of Venice was later ceded to Austria by the Treaty of Campo Formio in October 1797.
BIOGRAPHIES:
Antoine BALLAND, born on August 27, 1751, in Pont-Beauvoisin (Isère) and died on November 3, 1821, in Guise (Aisne), was a French general of the Revolution and the Empire.
[...]
He was promoted to brigadier general on August 27, 1793, and to divisional general the following September 11. After serving under Jourdan in the Army of the North, he went to Vendée and then to the Army of Italy. He was placed on the retired list on March 13, 1798.
[...]
* Giuseppe Lahoz Ortiz (or Giuseppe La Hoz) (born in Lombardy in 1766 and died in Ancona on October 13, 1799) was an Italian general.
With address "Headquarters of (...varedo) / To Mr. / General de / Division Balland / at the Citadel of / Verona."
Beautiful red wax seal with crowned initials.
Autographed letter addressed to General de Division Balland, Headquarters of R(..)vorédoce, April 24, 1797.
"Sir General,
The parlementary officer tasked with delivering to you the armistice signed by my hand had to return it to Mr. Sillet, aide-de-camp to General La Hoze*, to whom you will kindly send orders to have it delivered to you.
Please believe me to be with perfect consideration."
Signed "General (...) the Troops of H.M. the Emperor (...) in Tyrol. Laudon."
Double-page sheet. 1/2 page of writing (on the right half).
H 23.9 cm x 17.3 cm.
Good condition, folds, tear at the level of the wax seal.
HISTORICAL CONTEXT:
The Tyrolean Expedition was described by Lazare Carnot as a campaign of giants.
Bonaparte had dispatched 16,000 men under the command of General Joubert, who defeated generals Laudon and Kerpen and forced all the passes of Tyrol, while Bernadotte advanced towards Laybach.
- The Treaty of Leoben (or Peace of Leoben) is a peace treaty concluded on the 29th day of Germinal, year V (April 18, 1797) by Napoleon Bonaparte on behalf of the French Republic.
DESCRIPTION:
It was a preliminary agreement proposed on the 18th day of Germinal, year V (April 7, 1797), during the French advance to Judenburg in Styria, which included a number of secret clauses. These clauses stated that Austria would lose control of the Austrian Netherlands and Lombardy, ceded to France, in exchange for the Venetian possessions of Istria and Dalmatia.
This dismemberment of the Republic of Venice, which was reduced to only the Dogado, marked its final disappearance as an independent state.
The treaty was confirmed and expanded upon by a final peace agreement, the Treaty of Campo Formio, on the 26th day of Vendémiaire, year VI (October 17, 1797).
- The Veronese Easters were a revolt in Verona against the French occupiers and the subsequent massacre by the city's population on April 17, 1797 (year V), during Bonaparte's Italian campaign. Verona was then in the Venetian States. On that day, Bonaparte was negotiating the Treaty of Leoben in Austria.
DEVELOPMENT:
Antoine BALLAND commanded this stronghold. Anticipating a revolt, he barricaded himself, with his meager troops, in Castel San Felice and two other castles, leaving only a few soldiers to guard the gates and none to watch over the civilians and the some 600 sick.
On Monday, April 17, the end of Easter vespers was sounded, and the population poured into the streets and public squares. The city gates were seized. French individuals who lived isolated in private homes - whether sick, wounded, or pregnant women - and Veronese suspected of being pro-French were then killed.
In retaliation, General Bonaparte invaded the Venetian States, demanded and obtained the aristocracy's relinquishment of power. The Republic of Venice was later ceded to Austria by the Treaty of Campo Formio in October 1797.
BIOGRAPHIES:
Antoine BALLAND, born on August 27, 1751, in Pont-Beauvoisin (Isère) and died on November 3, 1821, in Guise (Aisne), was a French general of the Revolution and the Empire.
[...]
He was promoted to brigadier general on August 27, 1793, and to divisional general the following September 11. After serving under Jourdan in the Army of the North, he went to Vendée and then to the Army of Italy. He was placed on the retired list on March 13, 1798.
[...]
* Giuseppe Lahoz Ortiz (or Giuseppe La Hoz) (born in Lombardy in 1766 and died in Ancona on October 13, 1799) was an Italian general.
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FOR ALL PURCHASES, PAYMENT IN MULTIPLE CHECKS POSSIBLE
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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).