Add MS 41289

LETTERS and reports relating to French military operations in Spain during the Peninsular War, 1808-1811, viz.:-

1. Letters from [Jean-Baptiste] Jourdan, Maréchal de France, Chief of Staff to King Joseph of Spain, to [Claude Victor Perrin, dit Victor], Due de Bellune, Maréchal de France [Commander-in-chief of the French Army in Spain]; 1808-1809. French. Signed (except f. 53, which is holograph). At f. 52 is a certified copy of a letter from Marshal Soult, an enclosure in Jourdan's of 2 Aug. 1809, which is now missing, but of which there is a typed translation in Add. MS. 41290, ff. 109-110. Tile letters relate mainly to the pursuit of Blake's army of Galicia after the battle of Zornosa, the battle of Espinosa (11 Nov. 1808), Victor's campaign in Estremadura, and the battle of Talavera (27, 28 July 1809). Extracts from one of them (f. 7) are printed by P. E. A. du Casse, Mémoires . . . du Roi Joseph, v, p. 294, and E. H. de Grouchy, Mémoires militaires du Maréchal Jourdan, p. 137, but other odd letters of the period from Jourdan to Victor printed therein are not in this collection. f. 1.

2. "Journal du siége d'Olivenza Commencé Le 11 Janvier 1811," followed (f. 70) by "Journal du Siége de Badajoz commencé le 26 Janvier 1811": a series of daily reports by [François Joseph Chaussegros de] Léry [Baron], Commandant en chef du génie, to [? Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, Due de Trévise, Maréchal de France] during the sieges of Olivença (11-22 Jan. 1811) and Badajoz (26 Jan.-11 Mar. 1811). French. Signed. The earliest from Olivença (11-13 Jan.) are missing and there are none for 20-21 Jan., 21-22 Feb., or 7-8 Mar. The gist of the reports, with other matter, is given (probably from some secondary source) by J. B. Lamare, Relation, des séges et défenses de Badajoz, d'Olivença, etc., 1837, Cp. 7-82 ; cf. also J. V. Belmas, Journaux des siéges... dans la Péninsule, iii, 633-724. f. 63. Paper ; ff. 124. Folio. Sotheby's sale-cat., 30 Nov.-3 Dec. 1925, lots 1179 (art. 1) and 1356 (art. 2).

James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford; 9th Earl of Balcarres: Papers collected by.

Army; England: Papers rel. to French operations in Spain: 1808-1811.

includes:

• ff. 1-62 Joseph Bonaparte of Spain: Letters from Marshal J.-B. Jourdan, his Chief of Staff, to the Due de Bellune during the Peninsular War: 1808-1809.: Fr.
• ff. 1-62 General Chronicles and History of, etc. Army of France: Letters from Marshal Jourdan to Marshal Victor during the Estremaduran campaign, etc.: 1808-1809.: Fr.
• ff. 1-62 Jean Baptiste Jourdan, Comte; Maréchal de France: Letters, as Chief of Staff to King Joseph of Spain, to the Due de Bellune: 1808-1809.: Fr.: Mostly signed.
• ff. 1-62 Claude Perrin, dit Victor, Duc de Belluno; Maréchal de France: Letters to, from Marshal J.-B. Jourdan: 1808-1809.: Fr.
• ff. 11, 12 General Louis Alexandre Berthier, chief of staff to Napoleon Bonaparte: Letter to Joseph, King of Spain, with order of the day: 1809.: Fr.: Copies.
• f. 23 General Pierre Belon Lapisse, Baron de Sainte-Hélène: Letter to, from Marshal J.-B. Jourdan: 1809.: Fr.: Copy.
• f. 23 Jean Baptiste Jourdan, Comte; Maréchal de France: Letter to the Baron de Ste.. Hélène.: 1809.: Fr.: Signed copy.
• f. 39 Joseph Bonaparte of Spain: Letter to the Due de Bellune: 1809.: Fr.: Copy.
• ff. 52, 58 (signed), 60 (signed) Jean Baptiste Jourdan, Comte; Maréchal de France: Correspondence witli the Due de Dalmatie: 1809.: Fr.: Copies.
• ff. 52, 58, 60 Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, Duc de Dalmatie; Marshal of France: Correspondence with Marshal J. B. Jourdan: 1809.: Fr.: Copies.
• ff. 63-123 Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, Duc de Trévise; French marshal: Reports to (?), from Gen. F. J. C. de Léry: 1811.: Fr.
• ff. 63-123 General Chronicles and History of, etc. Army of France: Reports of Gen. F. J. C. de Léry during the sieges of Olivença and Badajoz: 1811.: Fr.
• ff. 63-123 Joseph Bonaparte of Spain: Reports of Gen. F. J. C. de Léry during the sieges of Olivença and Badajoz: 1811.: Fr.
• ff. 63-123 Baron François Joseph Chaussegros de Léry: French Reports, as Commander-in-chief of the Engineers, during the sieges of Olivença and Badajoz: 1811.: Fr.: Signed.
• ff.63-69 Olivença, Spain: Reports from Gen. F. J. C. de Léry during the siege: 15-22 Jan. 1811.: Fr.
• ff. 70-123 Badajoz, Spain: Reports from Gen. Léry during the siege: 1811.: Fr.