RETURN FROM RUSSIA. 1813. "PREFECTURE OF MONT-BLANC". "SENAT - Lot 461

RETURN FROM RUSSIA. 1813. "PREFECTURE OF MONT-BLANC". "SENATUS-CONSULTE" (Session of January 10, 1813). Report of the Minister of Foreign Relations. to S.M. the Emperor and King. "When RUSSIA, violating its treaties and renouncing its alliance with France to unite with England's system, declared war on Your Majesty You appreciated, Sire, the importance of the struggle that was about to begin. You ordered the formation, under the title of National Guard cohorts, of one hundred Battalions made up of men aged between 20 and 26... When Your Majesty marched his victorious armies towards MOSCOW from SMOLENK, he made no secret of the fact that his progress in enemy territory added new chances to the common chances of war... he ordered the conscription of 1813, which is now all under arms...". (First sheet of a 2-sheet poster)- Folder (50 x 38) Condition A.