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SOULT NICOLAS JEAN DE DIEU: (1769-1851) - SOULT NICOLAS JEAN DE DIEU: (1769-1851) Marshal of France, Duc de Dalmatie. Prime Minister of France 1832-34, 39-40 & 40-47. A good L.S., M.al Duc de Dalmatie , one page, folio, Seville, 4th September 1810, to Alexandre Berthier, Prince of Wagram & Neuchatel, in French. Marshal Soult refers to officers returned from Spain to France and also to an officer arrested in Madrid and who will be submitted to a court-martial, and states in part ` J´ai reçu la lettre que Votre Altesse m´a fait l´honneur de m´écrire le 1er Août au sujet de Mr. le Chef de bataillon Valence, adjoint à l´Etat-Major, j´ignorais absolument que cet officier eut été dirigé sur Bayonne... du reste, j´ai donné les ordres les plus positifs pour qu´aucun officier ne puisse être dirigé sur France pour cause de maladie, ou tout autre motif, qu´en vertue d´une autorisation expresse de S.M. l´Empereur... la lettre relative au Capitaine au 16e Régiment d´infanterie légère, prévenu d´avoir laissé commettre et de s´être livré lui-même à des exactions lors de son passage à Sepulveda. Je donne des ordres pour que cet officier, qui est détenu à Madrid, soit sur-le-champ traduit devant un conseil de guerre, et j´aurai l´honneur de rendre compte à S. E. le Ministre de la guerre, du jugement qui interviendra.´ (Translation: ” I received the letter that Your Highness honoured me with on August 1st concerning Battalion Commander Valence, Adjutant to the General Staff. I was completely unaware that this officer had been sent to Bayonne... moreover, I gave the strictest orders that no officer be sent to France for illness, or any other reason, except by virtue of the express authorization of His Majesty the Emperor... the letter concerning the Captain in the 16th Light Infantry Regiment, accused of having allowed and even perpetrated atrocities during his time in Sepulveda. I am giving orders that this officer, who is being held in Madrid, be brought immediately before a court-martial, and I will have the honour of reporting to His Excellency the Minister of War on the judgment that will be rendered.”) Small overall minor age wear aand creasing. G Louis Alexandre Berthier (1753-1815) Prince of Wagram and Neuchatel. Marshal of the Empire under Napoleon. Minister of war 1799-1800 & 1800-07.