General MEYNIER Jean Baptiste (Avignon/ Vaucluse 1749 - Maye - Lot 295

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General MEYNIER Jean Baptiste (Avignon/ Vaucluse 1749 - Maye - Lot 295
General MEYNIER Jean Baptiste (Avignon/ Vaucluse 1749 - Mayence 1813) General in 1793 - Letter A.S. from General MEYNIER (to the Army of the Rhine) Vendémiaire 1, Year 3 (Sept. 22, 1794), 10 a.m.: "I have received your letter, dear General, ... The Chasseurs who said they were my escort are impostors. I thought, dear General, that I would attack yesterday when I arrived here, and I would have done so. If I had heard cannon fire on the right towards Hochspire (HOCHSPEYE, Germany): but the greatest silence reigned. My opinion is, as I have already said, that the enemy had made his move on KAISERSLAUTERN (Germany), will have passed part of his forces on to the Army of the Moselle, in order to fulfil his triple object: to push back the Army of the Moselle, retake TRÈVES (Germany) and save LUXEMBOURG... Find out about our rear... Send me your orders, you now know my position... I warn you that I have no artillery for the moment. I had sent the 3 position pieces and 2 field pieces from Hochstett, which is all I had left. I'm short of bread... I repeat that SIBAUD, CAVROIS and I are all together. Have VACHAUT and DESGRANGES attack as soon as possible, and we'll immediately go and do the same before the enemy can fortify himself further." 2 pages (17 x 21 cm)
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