Gaspard, baron GOURGAUD. L.A.S., Dresden June 12, 1813, to Captain Baron de Lauriston; 1 1/2 pages in-fol. Orders from Napoleon, written as the Emperor's 1st ordinance officer. "The Emperor instructs me to mandate you to leave immediately to go to Leypsik", to check the state of the 3rd Corps cavalry "regiment by regiment", note on the report the names of all officers, and inspect the "Cavalry depot established at Leypsik". He will inquire of the commanding officer whether he has received the money for shoeing, saddlery repairs, medicines, etc., and will report back to him. "Vous verrés s'il y a des artistes vétérinaires et combien d'hommes peuvent partir de ce dépôt. Vous verrés aussi de Leypsik l'état de l'infanterie et de l'artillerie et celui des blessés." He will inspect the hospitals and report "in detail" on the situation of the wounded... He is instructed to deliver letters to the Duke of Padua [General Arrighi de Casanova] and to General Bourcier in Hanover... "After spending the 50 or 60 hours necessary for this work at Leypsik", he will then travel to Brunsvick and visit "all the other cavalry depots established in this part of northern Germany. You will make a report on their situation, enclosing the state of all men and horses in the depots of Hanover, Brunsvick, Minden, etc., and making known what is preventing the men from leaving immediately to rejoin their corps". He adds: "You will write to the Emperor every day and let him know what is arriving and departing each day from the place where you will then be".