BADAJOZ POLICE COMMISSAR: A very interesting military A.L.S., two pages, 4to, Badajoz, 30th December 1811, to His ...

BADAJOZ POLICE COMMISSAR: A very interesting military A.L.S., two pages, 4to, Badajoz, 30th December 1811, to His Excellency Marshal Duc de Dalmatie in Seville, in Spanish. The Commissar reports in part `..the watch of all movements of the enemy troops.. Porto Alegre, Campo Mayor and Alburquerque have checked the movements of General Hill divisions. They departed from Porto Alegre on 26th, reaching Alburquerque on 28th.. they should rest at Montijo on the 30th..´ further saying `Nevertheless, it looks like other troops have marched on 26th or 7th..according to reports and opinions there are 12 to 15 thousand men .. who will join General Moriles.. I have sent tonight a report to Count of Erlon, informing him about all this so he can take the better decisions..´ Accompanied by a contemporary translation into French. With blank address leaf, bearing large remnants of a red wax seal. Small overall staining and tears to the address leaf, otherwise G £60-90 Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult (1769-1851) Marshal of France, Duc de Dalmatie. Rowland Hill (1772-1842) 1st Viscount Hill. British Army officer. He served in the Napoleonic Wars as corps commander under the Duke of Wellington. He would become Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in 1828. Jean Baptiste Drouet D´Erlon (1765-1844) Count of Erlon. Commander of the 1st Corps of the Armée du Nord at the battle of Waterloo. Drouet D´Erlon was present in the Battle of Austerlitz, at the siege of Danzig. He arrived in the Peninsular War as Commander. Drouet D´Erlon defeated British General Hill in the Pyrenees.