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BERTHIER LOUIS ALEXANDRE: (1753-1815), Marshal of France, Prince of Neuchatel. Chief of Staff under ... - BERTHIER LOUIS ALEXANDRE: (1753-1815), Marshal of France, Prince of Neuchatel. Chief of Staff under Napoleon. A.L.S., `Alexandre´, one page, 4to, Dresden, 7th August 1813, to his aide-de-camp General Bailly de Monthion, in French. Berthier sends orders for the preparations of the Battle of Dresden and reports `.. I order the 4th Polish Infantry Regiment to leave Magdeburg on 9th August and to march towards Leipzig and then to Dresden, arriving on the 17th.'', further saying `At the same time I order the Vistula Infantry Regiment to leave Wittenburg on the 9th and march to reach also Dresden… Both regiments will stay at Dresden until new order.´ Napoleon is concentrating forces at Dresden before battle. Very small minor age wear. VG The Battle of Dresden took place on 26th-27th August 1813, only two weeks after the present letter was written. Despite being heavily outnumbered, French forces under Napoleon scored a victory against the Coalition troops led by Field Marshal Karl von Schwarzenberg. The 4th Polish Infantry Regiment is one of the 4 regiments of the Duchy of Warsaw at the service of Napoleon. The Vistula Infantry Regiment, created with the 1500 survivors out of the 7000 Vistula legionnaires attached to the Imperial Guard, was made up of Polish and Italians from the Kingdom of Westphalia.