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12 - Service record of Morice de la Rue, Victor, Antoine, colonel…
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Service record of Morice de la Rue, Victor, Antoine, colonel, born on 22 April 1773 in Mayenne; he began his career as an elected captain in the 4th Battalion of National Volunteers on 6 September 1792...; subsequently appointed colonel of the 14th Light Infantry Regiment, on 16 September 1814. Officer of the Order of the Legion of Honour, on 26 Prairial, Year XII. Details of his campaigns and wounds: ?Took part in the campaigns of 1792, 1793, Years II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X with the Armies of the North, Sambre-and-Meuse, the Rhine, the West and Italy. Those of 1804 and 1805, the Army of Italy. Those of 1806 and 1807, the Army of Dalmatia. Those of 1811 and 1812, the Army of Catalonia. That of 1813, the Army of Germany, taken prisoner of war on 19 October 1813 at Leipzig. He displayed as much bravery as intelligence on 14 Nivèse, Year IX, whilst scaling a mountain, Serravalle in Tyrol; he deployed his troops so effectively there that 250 Austrian prisoners of war were taken, an action which earned him a sabre of honour from the First Consul. Document partly printed on vellum, double-sided, dated 1 December 1816, signed by theGeneral commanding the Department of Mayenne, Laval, Baron Destabenrath (1770/1853); gilded frame with passe-partout (damage to the glass on the reverse); 29 x 19 cm. Restoration period. Very good condition. Maurice LARUE or Morice de la Rue was a member of the 60th Line Brigade at the time of his appointment to receive his sabre of honour. Copies of archival documents are enclosed and will be handed over to the buyer. Enclosed are: Three military certificates, one of discharge from the 78th Infantry Brigade, awarded to a certain Saquet, a fusilier, issued in Alexandria on 1 Germinal, Year IX; several signatures, including those of Generals Merle and Spital; one from the 72nd ‘Infantry Brigade’, awarded to Private Chibout, issued at Asti on 5 Thermidor, Year IX; numerous signatures, including that of General Merle, and a full discharge from the 18th Line Infantry Brigade, awarded to Citizen David Bessière, a corporal, drawn up in Dijon on 28 Thermidor, Year X; numerous signatures, including that of General Meynier. Two letters of appointment to the Order of the Lily, one addressed to Mr Belurgay of Grandville, signed by the King’s First Valet and dated Paris, 22 July 1814; red wax seal; the other sent on the orders of His Grace the Duke of Berry to Mr Naudet, head of the Poitiers post office, dated Paris, 18 August 1814; and a certificate of appointment as a Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour on parchment, awarded … Mr Chollet, retired captain of the line infantry, drawn up at Saint-Cloud, 29 July 1819, signed: ‘Louis’; dry seal bearing the full coat of arms of France. Good and very good condition.
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