Adam-Philippe, comte de CUSTINE (1742-1793) general. L.S., Mainz H.Q. October 21, 1792, to General Kellerman; 1 1/2 pages in-fol. On the capture of Mainz. He has just taken control of the city by capitulation. ... "I will continue to work hard to strip [...] the country I have penetrated". He asks Kellerman to extend himself on the right, to send him back men and artillery, and to add cavalry "which will easily subsist in the rich and fertile country where I am, and with the immense stores that I have gathered, that I am gathering, and that I will gather"...Attached is a P.S. by Captain François de Bariac, sieur de Licieux, Pignerol May 24, 1641, for his appointements (oblong vellum in-12).
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Adam-Philippe, comte de CUSTINE (1742-1793) general. L.S., Mainz H.Q. October 21, 1792, to General Kellerman; 1 1/2 pages in-fol.
On the capture of Mainz. He has just taken control of the city by capitulation. ... "I will continue to work hard to strip [...] the country I have penetrated". He asks Kellerman to extend himself on the right, to send him back men and artillery, and to add cavalry "which will easily subsist in the rich and fertile country where I am, and with the immense stores that I have gathered, that I am gathering, and that I will gather"...Attached is a P.S. by Captain François de Bariac, sieur de Licieux, Pignerol May 24, 1641, for his appointements (oblong vellum in-12).
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