BERTHIER LOUIS ALEXANDRE: (1753-1815), Marshal of France, Prince of Neuchatel. Chief of Staff under Napoleon. A good L.S., `Alexandre´, one page, 4to, Dresden, 19th July 1813, to his aide-de-camp General Bailly de Monthion, in French. Berthier explains his orders regarding the Austrian deserters, and states `Je vous préviens, Monsieur le Général Monthion, que M. l´adjudant commandant Dentzel, est autorisé, d´après la demande qu´il m´en a faite, à former à Erfurt un dépôt general des deserteurs autrichiens qui viennent d´arriver à Dresde. Donnez les ordres nécessaires pour que ces déserteurs soient toujours conduits sous bonne escorte jusqu´au lieu de leur destination…´ (Translation: “I inform you, General Monthion, that Adjutant Commandant Dentzel, is authorized, according to the request he made to me, to form in Erfurt a general depot of Austrian deserters who have just arrived to Dresden. Give the necessary orders so that these deserters are always taken under good escort to the place of their destination…”) Small overall minor age wear, with few stains not affecting the signature, otherwise G

 

François Gédéon Bailly, Count of Monthion (1776-1850) French General who participated in the battles of Marengo (1800) and Austerlitz (1805)