Marshal CLARKE (Henri, comte d'Hunebourg, duc de Feltre) Lan - Lot 517

Marshal CLARKE (Henri, comte d'Hunebourg, duc de Feltre) Landrecies 1765 - 1818 - General in 1793. Comte d'Hunebourg in 1808. Maréchal de France in 1816, Minister of War - Letter signed Le Duc de FELTRE Minister of War. To M. le Général SEROUX Commandant l'Artillerie de la Place de MAGDEBOURG (Allemagne) - Paris, March 4, 1813 - Bureau de l'Artillerie - He requests a considerable number of officers for the command of the Place de Magdebourg. This number is not deemed necessary. "In the supposition that the Place was abandoned to its own means of defense, M. le Général SORBIER will leave there the number of senior officers necessary to assist you in the service entrusted to you...". - 1p folio