Jean-Baptiste KLÉBER (1753-1800) general. L.A.S., "from Mont - Lot 155

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Jean-Baptiste KLÉBER (1753-1800) general. L.A.S., "from Mont - Lot 155
Jean-Baptiste KLÉBER (1753-1800) general. L.A.S., "from Montoire" [Montoir-de-Bretagne] 3 nivose II (23 December 1793), to Jean-Baptiste CARRIER; 2 pages in-4. Announcement of the victory over the Vendeans at Savenay, the same day. "It is very sweet for me, my good friend, to be able to answer your letters after two victories, the last of which was won today at Savenay, finally ending the war on the right bank of the Loire on this great day, infinitely more bloody than that of Le Mans, and in which we outmaneuvered the enemy of all his artillery. I had the advantage of commanding the vanguard. I would not finish Carrier if I wanted to detail to you all the fire, all the ardor and all the value of the troop, oh, why weren't you there, but your colleagues will pass on to you what happened, since they were witnesses to everything"... He thanks him in advance for sending him sheets, which he really needs. "You know undoubtedly that I have a letter of suspension on the body, it is the effect of a guilty intrigue that I know as much to despise as I will support with firmness the blow which must strike me and which is only temporarily suspended, or if you want simply postponed. My country will not be less dear to me and in the deepest misery to live free or to die will not be less my eternal motto"... He adds: "MARCEAU who commanded us in chief and who is made for that salutes you."
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