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THIEBAULT PAUL CHARLES: (1769-1846) French General during the Napoleonic wars - THIEBAULT PAUL CHARLES: (1769-1846) French General during the Napoleonic wars. A good and very interesting content manuscript by Thiebault, eight pages, folio, Salamanque, September & October 1811, in French. Thiebault, with a clean and small writing, makes a lengthy report related to the second supplying for Rodrigo, a crucial military location near Salamanque, in Spain, stating in part `We have seen how the first supplying to Rodrigo was executed, and that two entire armies were considered sufficient to grant the achievement…´, he further expresses very critical comments on General Dorsenne´s behaviour, and referring to his impartiality says `General Dorsenne was not impartial with me. He treated me with a lot of respect, but he did not like me…´ Further again Thiebault explains with detail all the stratagems he had to conceive in order to keep the convoy secret, explaining the fake informations he made circulate. An interesting and curious report, also valuing the consequences in case the expedition fails.  Thiebault also refers to the enemy, and on few occasions to the Duke of Wellington, `…troops that the Duke of Wellington will send there….I was sure the this new would immediately be transmitted to the Duke of Wellington..´ With trimmed edges and small overall minor age wear, otherwise G   In May 1810 Thiebaut was made Governor of Salamanca, and in 1811 of Old-Castille. Thiebault backed Napoleon during the Hundred Days and was put in command of the defence of Paris.  Thiebault wrote during his military career a number of histories and memoirs, the last of which were published in 1895 and translated into English. His memoirs have been since a useful and detailed source for the history of the First French Empire. Thiébault married Betsy Walker the daughter of Scottish novelist Lady Mary Hamilton. Their son Adolphe gathered the family´s papers, today available at Yale University.