CHOUANNERIE. 3 manuscripts, [after 1804]; 3pages in-fol. each.
Preparatory statements of the officers of the Catholic and Royal Army of Brittany. These statements, in which most names are blank, are to be filled out and verified "with accuracy", and sent to M. Audran in Vannes. 
The first statement concerns the "Armée catholique et royale de Bretagne sous les ordres du comte Joseph de Puisaye, général en chef &a", starting in 1793 and ending on June 24, 1796; a long note at the end states: "On doit faire connoitre sur cet état dans l'observation le résumé et la date des affaires les plus marquantes qui ont eu lieu durant cette guerre; les traits héroïques qui y sont passés, [......] the names of persons who, although not under arms, nevertheless rendered the most signal services; finally, everything that is likely to illustrate the history of the little-known Chouanerie, whose war began in 1793 and ended in 1802 - the attempt of 1804 was its last effort, an effort that will not be without pride for Brittany either. - Na. We will also give the approximate number of the dead and wounded, and of those murdered by the gendarmes, mobile columns, military commissions, courts &a with notes on the present situation of their families"... 
The 2nd "Etat ou organisation de la division de l'armée catholique et royale de Bretagne, sous le comdt en chef du Général Georges Cadoudal, et du général Mercier (dit la Vendéee)"..., from 1797 to 1800. 
The 3rd state concerns the army under the command of Cadoudal and Mercier (the Vendée), "composed of the departments of Morbihan, Finistère, Côtes du Nord and Ille et Vilaine", from 1800 to 1802.
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CHOUANNERIE. 3 manuscripts, [after 1804]; 3pages in-fol. each. Preparatory statements of the officers of the Catholic and Royal Army of Brittany. These statements, in which most names are blank, are to be filled out and verified "with accuracy", and sent to M. Audran in Vannes. The first statement concerns the "Armée catholique et royale de Bretagne sous les ordres du comte Joseph de Puisaye, général en chef &a", starting in 1793 and ending on June 24, 1796; a long note at the end states: "On doit faire connoitre sur cet état dans l'observation le résumé et la date des affaires les plus marquantes qui ont eu lieu durant cette guerre; les traits héroïques qui y sont passés, [......] the names of persons who, although not under arms, nevertheless rendered the most signal services; finally, everything that is likely to illustrate the history of the little-known Chouanerie, whose war began in 1793 and ended in 1802 - the attempt of 1804 was its last effort, an effort that will not be without pride for Brittany either. - Na. We will also give the approximate number of the dead and wounded, and of those murdered by the gendarmes, mobile columns, military commissions, courts &a with notes on the present situation of their families"... The 2nd "Etat ou organisation de la division de l'armée catholique et royale de Bretagne, sous le comdt en chef du Général Georges Cadoudal, et du général Mercier (dit la Vendéee)"..., from 1797 to 1800. The 3rd state concerns the army under the command of Cadoudal and Mercier (the Vendée), "composed of the departments of Morbihan, Finistère, Côtes du Nord and Ille et Vilaine", from 1800 to 1802.

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€300 - €400
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€364
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CHOUANNERIE. 3 manuscripts, [after 1804]; 3pages in-fol. each. Preparatory statements of the officers of the Catholic and Royal Army of Brittany. These statements, in which most names are blank, are to be filled out and verified "with accuracy", and sent to M. Audran in Vannes. The first statement concerns the "Armée catholique et royale de Bretagne sous les ordres du comte Joseph de Puisaye, général en chef &a", starting in 1793 and ending on June 24, 1796; a long note at the end states: "On doit faire connoitre sur cet état dans l'observation le résumé et la date des affaires les plus marquantes qui ont eu lieu durant cette guerre; les traits héroïques qui y sont passés, [......] the names of persons who, although not under arms, nevertheless rendered the most signal services; finally, everything that is likely to illustrate the history of the little-known Chouanerie, whose war began in 1793 and ended in 1802 - the attempt of 1804 was its last effort, an effort that will not be without pride for Brittany either. - Na. We will also give the approximate number of the dead and wounded, and of those murdered by the gendarmes, mobile columns, military commissions, courts &a with notes on the present situation of their families"... The 2nd "Etat ou organisation de la division de l'armée catholique et royale de Bretagne, sous le comdt en chef du Général Georges Cadoudal, et du général Mercier (dit la Vendéee)"..., from 1797 to 1800. The 3rd state concerns the army under the command of Cadoudal and Mercier (the Vendée), "composed of the departments of Morbihan, Finistère, Côtes du Nord and Ille et Vilaine", from 1800 to 1802.
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