Nicolas DES BRULYS (Brive/Corrèze 1757 - La Réunion 1809) Ge - Lot 206

Nicolas DES BRULYS (Brive/Corrèze 1757 - La Réunion 1809) General in 1793 - Letter signed at headquarters in BOUCHAIN (Nord) on May 24, 1793, year 2 of the Republic, addressed to General Pierre COLOMB in Denaing (Denain, Nord) 1 ½ page in-8° - He warns him that troops under General HEDOUVILLE's command are to occupy the posts and villages of Bellaing, Wallers, and the edge of the intervening woods... "The General-in-Chief wishes you to guard this interesting post, where a Battalion from Valenciennes must have arrived yesterday evening. The General-in-Chief wants you to keep this interesting post, where a Battalion from Valenciennes must have arrived yesterday evening. The Neuville post, to which I sent troops yesterday, is also entrusted to you, until such time as, in accordance with your wishes, you take command of a Cavalry Brigade... At your discretion, you will dispatch troops to the left bank of the Escaut to guard the interesting points of Denain and Neuville (Neuville-sur-Escaut)."