NEY MICHEL: (1769-1815) Marshal of France, Duc d´Elchingen and Prince de la Moskowa. Executed. A good L.S., `Ney´ ...

NEY MICHEL: (1769-1815) Marshal of France, Duc d´Elchingen and Prince de la Moskowa. Executed. A good L.S., `Ney´, with flourish, one page, folio, Gunzburg, 20th June 1800, to Lieutenant General Grenier, in French. The present letter is written the day after the Battle of Hochstadt, Ney refers to various important military decisions, stating in part `As I have not received any response from you to the different matters I have addressed to you…I inform, you my dear General, that I have ordered to look for the necessary materials for the prompt repair of the Reisenburg bridge. I think that under these circumstances... I would be unwise if I rebuild the Leipheim or the Gunzburg ones… the enemy will very likely march tonight trying to reach the Brenz..´ further indicating the military plan for the day after `..I will not dare attacking such position frontally tomorrow morning before having developed your right wing…my presence will allow you to support the right wing and delay for long the enemy attempts while we wait for the arrival of General Moreau army..´ A letter of very interesting military content. Folded, with overall creasing and edges trimmed, otherwise G Paul Grenier (1768-1827) French General during the French revolution and Napoleonic wars. A skilled tactician. The day before the present letter was written, Grenier, serving under General Jean Moreau (1763-1813), fought at the Battle of Hochstadt on the 18th & 19th June 1800. On December 1800, Grenier supervised the divisions of Marshal Ney in the Battle of Ampfing and commanded the three divisions of Ney in Moreau's decisive victory at the Battle of Hohenlinden.