DEFENSE OF CONSTANTINOPLE 1807 - Letter A.S. "Louis CURNIEU" - Lot 383

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DEFENSE OF CONSTANTINOPLE 1807 - Letter A.S. "Louis CURNIEU" - Lot 383
DEFENSE OF CONSTANTINOPLE 1807 - Letter A.S. "Louis CURNIEU", from FINCKENSTEIN Castle (Poland), April 6, 1807, addressed to General Count Horace SÉBASTIANI, (Ambassador to Turkey, who organized the defense of Constantinople and repulsed an English attack in February 1807) - 2 pages in-4°: "We have just learned here of the success of the Ottoman arms: we know perfectly well who is leading them, and your name is on everyone's lips... How important are these events? And how sweet it is to hear you so rightly attribute the glory to one of the people to whom I owe the most! Believe me, General, no one has felt more joy than I..."
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