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[DAVOUT LOUIS NICOLAS]: (1770-1823) Marshal of France, Duc d - [DAVOUT LOUIS NICOLAS]: (1770-1823) Marshal of France, Duc d´Auerstaedt and Prince of Eckmuhl. Known as the Iron Marshal, Davout was the only Napoleonic Marshal not to have been defeated in battle by 1815. Attractive 16 x 21 contemporary printed public notice, one page, Paris, 10th April 1815, in French. The Affiche announcement bears an attractive vignette to the heading with a crowned eagle and is issued during the Hundred Days, and only few weeks after Napoleon´s return from his exile on the island of Elba. The printed heading states ''Proclamation - the Minister of War - To all non-commissioned Officers and Soldiers on leave or retreated in French territories''. The proclamation harangues the crowds claiming `You have wanted your Emperor, he has arrived. Come and be ready to defend your Homeland against the enemies who will want to decide the colours we should wear, to impose the Souvereigns and dictate constitutions.'', further saying ''Soldiers,.. if your wounds have healed, if you can serve, come, the Honour, the Emperor and the Homeland are calling you. What complaints would you not have to make to yourself if ….foreigners would withdraw France out of the map of Europe!'' Bearing multiple and clean contemporary annotations to the verso. Folded, with trimmed edges. G Napoleon Bonaparte returned from the island of Elba on 20th March 1815, starting the historical period known as The Hundred Days war, or the War of the Seventh Coalition which lasted until 8th July 1815, ending with the second restoration of King Louis XVIII.