(RUSSIAN RETREAT and STETTIN SIEGE 1813) - General DARNAUD ( - Lot 343

(RUSSIAN RETREAT and STETTIN SIEGE 1813) - General DARNAUD (Jacques, Baron) Bricy-le-Boulay/LOIRET - Paris 1830 - Général d'Empire - Letter signed "DARNAUD" Le Lieutenant Général Commandant de l'Hôtel (des Invalides) - pour copie conforme d'un Certificat délivré à Christophe HENTZ Caporal à la 1° Compagnie de Grenadiers du ci-devant 85° Régiment d'Infanterie de ligne, "has served in this rank and in this Regiment during the 1812 Campaign in Russia, where he was wounded by a shot to the right thigh at the MOHILEV Affair, and that on returning from the Campaign, he was stranded at STETTIN in 1813 for 11 months and 5 days.... taken prisoner following the capitulation of this place on Dec. 5, 1813, until Oct. 1814, when he returned to France...". - Paris ce 13 sept 1820 - 1p in-folio - (General GRANDEAU surrendered Stettin after an 8-month blockade).