BLOCKADE OF THE CHERBOURG PLACE (Manche) - Signed PROTEAU (G - Lot 523

BLOCKADE OF THE CHERBOURG PLACE (Manche) - Signed PROTEAU (Guillaume Marcelin, Baron puis vicomte) Ile de Groix 1772-1837 - Général d'Empire) as Maréchal-de-Camp superior commander of the CHERBOURG Place - Cherbourg Oct. 1, 1815 - "D'après les Ordres de Mr le Lieutenant-Général DUC DAUMONT, et l'Ordonnance du Roi (Louis XVIII)...., which could only be executed this day, due to the blockade of the Place, it is ordered to Mr Louis GROSSO Sub-Lieutenant in the 5th Infantry Regiment... to leave this Place to go to LA ROCHELLE (17) to help organize the Departmental LEGION. This officer has acquired commendable titles with His Majesty, through the services he rendered during the Blockade. - 1p in-folio - Royal vignette.