Thomas-Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie, known as Alexandre DUMAS (1762-1806) mulatto general, he distinguished himself by his strength and bravery in the wars of the Revolution; nicknamed "Horatius Coclès du Tyrol", he was the father of novelist Alexandre Dumas. P.S. "Vu Al. Dumas", [1801] ; 5pages in4. Rare and interesting report "sur la captivité que les français prisonniers de guerre du Roy de Naples ont souffert au chateau d'Otranto". Authorized by Menou to leave Egypt for reasons of infirmity, second lieutenant Joseph Vincent (who signs this report) was entrusted with looking after "the blind and crippled embarked on the vessel La Vierge du Rosaire and evacuated to the Hôtel des Invalides in Paris", and embarked at Alexandria on 29 Floréal Year VII (May 18, 1799). After 20 days at sea, the ship was forced to stop at the port of Lecce, and all the crew and patients were taken prisoner by Neapolitan troops. Ruthlessly stripped of their money, belongings and papers, quarantined "in damp barns with no other means of subsistence than some leftover rotten cookie [...] and two eggs for each", they were then transferred to an obscure prison in the castle of Otranto "without distinction of rank or infirmity". Vincent describes in detail the conditions of detention and the ill-treatment suffered for over a year... The armistice of February 18, 1801 restored their freedom, but not all of them regained their possessions... Vincent commends to national benevolence these victims of an odious fate, "so contrary to the rights of war and to the sentiment of humanity"...