Dominique JOBA (Corny/ Moselle) 1759 - Gironne/ Spain) 1809 - Lot 382

Dominique JOBA (Corny/ Moselle) 1759 - Gironne/ Spain) 1809 - General, Vainqueur de Charrette - Autograph letter signed by General JOBA - 7 ventôse (circa 1797) - 2 pages in-4° : "... Without knowing your point of view, my General, with regard to the Colloques of the Volunteers and Austrians together; I must tell you, that I have always made it a law to prevent this rapprochement, which I have never ceased to regard, on the part of the Enemy; as nothing more than a clever means of recruiting in our midst. To convince you of this, I am ordering the Chief of Staff of my Brigade to send you my final orders immediately... You tell me that there was an immense gap to the right of the vanguard... who could have so brazenly deceived you... rest assured that the positions remain and have always remained in the same state, today, as in the past. The alleged orgies between Republican and German soldiers is a terrible lie..."