BOURCIER (François-Antoine-Louis, Comte) Bas-Rhin 1769-1828 - Lot 225

BOURCIER (François-Antoine-Louis, Comte) Bas-Rhin 1769-1828 - General of Cavalry - Letter signed as Major General, Provisional Chief of Staff - to Citizen MICHAUD, General-in-Chief of the Army of the Rhine - KÛRVEILLER 28 floréal An 2 (17 mai 1794) - Printed letterhead. de l'Armée du Rhin - Nice vignette "le peuple seul est souverain" - 2pp in-folio: "I hasten, General, to send you herewith 1°) the decree of the Committee of Public Safety concerning the dispatch of the 11th DRAGON Regiment to the Army of the Moselle, 2°) a letter from the War Commission requesting that a cavalry regiment drawn from the Haut-Rhin be directed to Grenoble, 3°) copies of various reports which, since your departure, have been sent to me directly or given to me by General DORSNER. You will see that the two enemy armies appear to be ready to move and that they have moved closer to our position... if we consider the current weakness of the army which, for its position, for the works and for the border of the Haut-Rhin, would need an increase in strength and which, on the contrary, seems ready to be further reduced...".