Autograph Letters, Manuscripts & Historical Documents
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Nov 30, 2022
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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HOCHE LAZARE: (1768-1797) French General of the Revolutionary army. Best known for his victory over Royalist forces in Brittany. Hoche joined the National Guard in September 1789, two months after the Storming of the Bastille, and was among the Guardsmen under the command of Lafayette who escorted Louis XVI and his family out of the Palace of Versailles. Minister of war in 1797. Lazare died of tuberculosis at the early age of 29. L.S., `L. Hoche´, one page, 4to, Head Quarters of Friedberg, 19th May 1797, to General Grenier, in French. The document is an authorization to move the 6th Regiment of Chasseurs to the 4th Division. The present letter is signed by Hoche in his capacity as General Commandant in chief of the Sambre and Meuse Army, and only four months before dying. Very small minor age toning and creasing mostly to edges. G
