MORTIER EDOUARD: (1768-1835) Marshal of France, Duc de Treviso. Prime Minister of France 1834-35. Set of three very ...

MORTIER EDOUARD: (1768-1835) Marshal of France, Duc de Treviso. Prime Minister of France 1834-35. Set of three very good Ls.S., Mortier, nine pages in total, 4to, Lille, Schwerin and Anclam, between 15th November and 20th December 1806, to General Michaud. The three letters relate to the continental blockade. The first letter includes a six lines annotation in Mortier´s hand. In his capacity as Commander of the 8th corps of the Grande Armée, Mortier orders Michaud to accelerate the troops´ march in order to join him earlier and states in part `..the Prussian corps have no hope of being rescued…if they misunderstand the situation and refuse to accept our conditions, they will have to understand that no capitulation will be offered and that we will have no care towards them..´ further forwarding the Emperor orders `on the main road towards Bremen, take possession of that city in the name of H.M. The Emperor of the French and King of Italy ,instruct that justice will be given and taxes received in his name. He will sequester all English warehouses..´ and Mortier annotates in his hand `You will make your troops stop and sleep in Hannover.. I will join the 8th Corp at Ulzen. I intend to cross the Elbe the 18th or 19th… Colonel Clement must keep his mission secret.´. In the second letter Mortier states in part `According to the orders I have received from H.M. the Emperor, all kinds of communication with England must be defended, all English goods, whoever they belong to, must be confiscated, and all English arrested and sent to France. The navigation on the Elbe and Weser rivers forbidden to any nation..´. Mortier insists once more on Napoleon´s orders on the third letter and states `The Emperor orders repeat and insist on the strict execution of his decree related to the continental blockade … His Majesty´s wish is that no English cargo can go through Altona, nor Hamburg, nor any other location…No English good, nor colonial ones can go through, All letters to England, written by English, must be confiscated..´ In the last letter Mortier keeps on sending the orders received by Napoleon, all related to the continental blockade. VG, 3 £200-300