Baron d'Arlincourt. L.A.S. to his mother.... - Lot 337 - Conan Belleville Hôtel d'Ainay

Baron d'Arlincourt. L.A.S. to his mother. Sventsianoui, 4 July 1812. 2 pp. ½ in-4. Address on the back with postal mark " n°11 - Grande Armée ". Campaign of Russia. After some private considerations, he gives some news. "I hope you will be pleased to learn that H.M. has just appointed me one of his aides-de-camp. This place puts me in a position where I have nothing more to desire for my military career. Here is a beautiful campaign that will know and that goes nicely with a little happiness and God's help everything will be fine. I hope that it is a beautiful way in a short time, but what flatters me the most is that H.M. has found me worthy to occupy this rank []. You must well believe the sorrow I felt when I saw poor Octave Ségur, who was with us, taken prisoner with me [Octave, Count of Ségur (1779-1818)]. He was wounded, but only slightly, by two spear blows from the Cossacks.