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Excerpt from Unpublished Correspondence of Napoleon I, Vol. 3: Preserved in the War Archives; 1809, 1810
General Clarke, issue orders that to-morrow, Monday, April 3, 150 of the best mounted and equipped Poles of the guard, a battalion of grenadiers of the guard who were in Paris, and one of chasseurs of the guard, ditto, each battalion the strongest possible, and numbering at least 600 men, including detach ments already gone to conduct conscripts of the guard, and who are halting at Strasburg, and two regiments of sharpshooters at least 1500 strong, each, set out for Strasburg. A depot will remain of men who are not yet clad; they will set out on Thursday or Friday at latest; but this depot must not include more than 150 grenadiers and 150 chasseurs. These detachments are to be directed by the two routes of Nancy and Metz; the grenadiers by Metz and the chasseurs by Nancy. There will therefore be a column of 2100 men on each route. Thursday, or at latest, Friday, the two depots, forming 300 men, and 110 Poles besides, will set out for Strasburg, so that with the two regiments bf sharpshooters, at least 3000 strong, and the battalions of grenadiers and chasseurs 1200 strong, I shall have at Strasburg between April 15 and 20, 4200 men and 2000 horse, which, including bakers, surgeons and civilian employes, who go directly thither, the artillery, etc. Will make me an important reserve. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.