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Narrative draft - Drafts of the accounts of the 1745 Siege of Tournai and the battles of Melle in 1745 and Raucoux in 1746 by Jean Baptiste Joseph d'Amarzit de Sahuguet, Chevalier d'Espagnac | McCord Museum
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Ébauches du récit du siège de Tournai en 1745 et des batailles de Melle en 1745 et de Raucoux en 1746 par Jean Baptiste Joseph d'Amarzit de Sahuguet, chevalier d'Espagnac

Narrative draft

Drafts of the accounts of the 1745 Siege of Tournai and the battles of Melle in 1745 and Raucoux in 1746 by Jean Baptiste Joseph d'Amarzit de Sahuguet, Chevalier d'Espagnac
Date [1745-1747?]
Dimensions1 textual record ; 38.7 x 25.8 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Other Documents
Origin France, Europe
Object NumberS001/A2.3,3.3
DivisionArchives - Textual Archives
CollectionStewart
Scope and ContentModified, incomplete and undated handwritten transcription, by an unknown author, of the account of the battles of Fontenoy (1745), Melle (1745) and Raucourt (1746) given in volume four of the book Essai sur les grandes opérations de la guerre published in 1755 by Jean Baptiste Joseph d’Amarzit de Sahuguet, Baron of Espagnac (1713-1783).

The Baron of Espagnac was a former brigadier in the French army who fought during the War of Polish Succession  (1733-1738) and served under Marshal Maurice de Saxe (1696-1750) during the War of Austrian Succession (1740-1748). He would publish a number of books on the art of war, his own military campaigns and Marshal De Saxe.
NotesSource of title: based on the nature of the document.



Physical description: laid paper; 8 pages; 2 folio sheets, unbound, numbered 137 to 140.



Physical condition: good, despite a few damp marks; upper edge damaged.
Status
Not on view

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