Thankyou for the additions. Sans lace, got it! His prose is wonderful and reflection of his artistic brain; but his abstract errors in facts and fancy about enemy etc. Only to be expected I guess. The all too brief section on Marengo campaign interesting though as I have been to Bard; and his commentary on his personal reconnaisance behind enemy lines in I saw no troops whatever, so riding back I halted on a plateau commanding a view of the greater part of Comorn, of which I made a plan.
I had to hurry over the last lines, however, for some horsemen had meanwhile been sent out from the town to reconnoitre my party, and the news they took back led to my work as an engineer being cut short by a sharp cannonade, draughtsman and plan being covered with dust as the balls ploughed up the ground. The memoire gives a nice replay of his final oral examinations and assignment to the Etat-Major du Genie, personally with Berthier a few days later.
A most underrated trio. I should post my notes from them! The balance being lieutenants et capitaines etc. Another- a model I modified from an extant Prussian general Minifigs 25mm with a far too small chapeau, so I trimmed it and made him bareheaded with reconstituted putty and hair. Been painted a good while now and really, I need to finish as many specialist commands as possible.
Third only to Berthier in command roles. Wondering if there is more detail on to uncover. I am not sure if you are more interested in his uniform than bio but this may be of interest re the latter:. Souvenirs de lieutenant general comte Mathieu Dumas. Memoires always welcome! I think your model really looks the part for Mathieu Dumas β¦. He was made an honorary member i. He arrived at the army headqarters on 8 October. He also acted as the chief negotiator for the capitulation of General Mack at Ulm.
They used dragoons early in the campaign. Murat complained. So by November Berthier had taken a share of the gendarmes from each corps. Each regiment detailed men for each higher HQ. Half would standby at the regiment, half at the higher HQ. Marshals and chief generals of independent armies had a company of guides as escorts.
