TAKEOVER OF AUGSBURG (Bavaria). 1704. "LETTRE DU ROY, à M. l - Lot 41

TAKEOVER OF AUGSBURG (Bavaria). 1704. "LETTRE DU ROY, à M. le Comte de GRIGNAN." Lieutenant General, Commandant en PROVENCE (Header, Vignette and Letterhead) - "Mons le Comte de GRIGNAN, the glorious Campaign that the Elector of BAVIÈRE has made at the head of my Army, could not be ended more advantageously than by the Capture of the City of AUSBOURG (Augsburg). The inconveniences of an advanced season did not prevent this Prince from laying siege to it with my troops and his own, forcing the garrison to capitulate on December 14th after 8 days of open trenching.... Te Deum, feux de joye dans les rues, tir de Canon démonstrations de Réjouissances publiques..." signed LOUIS XIV, and below COLBERT, written in MARLY (78) on January 4, 1704. Cupboard (41 x 30) Condition A