AUDE 1815. ELITE NATIONAL GUARD AGAINST SPANISH INVASION. Or - Lot 456

AUDE 1815. ELITE NATIONAL GUARD AGAINST SPANISH INVASION. Order of the Day from Count RICARD Lieutenant-General, Peer of France, Commander of the "Tenth Military Division". CARCASSONNE, August 27, 1815: "Considering that a Spanish army has invaded Roussillon; that the entire territory has already been violated; that our strongholds are threatened; that it is all the more urgent to deploy imposing forces, as insidious and deceptive proclamations precede the march of the Spanish army. Considering finally that the will of the King, formally expressed by H.R.H. Monseigneur le Duc d'Angoulême, is that force be repelled by force, stops...". Vignette Royale - Printed in Carcassonne, by B. V. Gardel-Teissié, Imprimeur-Libraire. Placard (On verso, address to the Prefect, with autograph signature of General RICARD, for countersignature of Franchise, to be posted). (48 x 36) Condition B.