CORSICA. Camille de ROSSI General (Ajaccio/Corsica 1727 - Gu - Lot 248

CORSICA. Camille de ROSSI General (Ajaccio/Corsica 1727 - Guillotiné à Paris 1794) General of the Revolution. Arrested by his soldiers on June 28, 1793, in Barcelonnette, he was taken to Paris and sentenced to death, convicted of hasty retreat after defeating the Austrians, without having destroyed all their stores - Autograph letter signed Camille ROSSI, from Barcelonnette (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) on June 2 (a few days before his arrest). I'm writing you, my dear general and colleague, a letter... I'm very happy to remember your friendship... No news to give you... I left a camp in the village of Tournus yesterday evening..." The snows prevent "us from going to the village of Tournus...". The snows prevent "us from being visited by the enemies..." "There was some unfavorable news about Colonel Serrurier's expedition to Saint-Étienne; I will try to establish a correspondence so that I can be more in touch with you in Nice. Our Major General must still be in Briançon ... on June 3, I was obliged to make arrangements to reassure the inhabitants of the country about an alarm caused by the appearance of a large number of armed troops who passed at the entrance to the valley ... This troop remained in the presence of the Bataillon des Basses-Alpes all day yesterday, firing rifles at each other. They bivouacked all night... and this morning our people found no one to attack other than two mules loaded with cartridges, which were seized. The enemy killed two men and wounded a few, but only one of our side had a rifle puncture that took his hand... Farewell my dear general..."