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  • Lot# : 965 France

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    1809: Entire letter with three-lined "No 14 ARM. FRANCAISE EN ESPAGNE", written in the headquarters in Madrid on 2. April 1809 and send to Tolosa, describing in detail the battle of Medellin on 28 March 1809, a decisive battle during the Peninsular War which resulted in a victory of the French under Marshal Victor against the Spanish under General Don Gregorio Garcia de la Cuesta. The battle marked the first major effort by the French to occupy Southern Spain. An item of great of great historic interest.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF