Wounded in the Grande Armée. 2 documents – Letterhead of the - Lot 464

Wounded in the Grande Armée. 2 documents – Letterhead of the “6th Light Infantry Regiment. Landau Garrison.” Application for retirement pay for André COURRIER, a Chasseur in the 6th Light Infantry Regiment, born in LUNÉVILLE (54) on May 30, 1780. Wounded by a gunshot to the left arm during the Battle of Guttstadt on June 8, 1807. Document signed by General Alexis de SCHAUENBURG – This soldier served in a total of five military campaigns: those of Years 12 and 13 on the Atlantic Coast; the Montreuil camp in Year 14; and in 1806 and 1807 with the Grande Armée. + Letter from the Pensions Office of the Ministry of War addressed to André COURRIER, a Chasseur in the 6th Light Infantry. Paris, February 24, 1808 – In recognition of your service and the wound you received while serving in the Grande Armée, His Majesty the Emperor and King grants you a retirement pension of 134 francs.