Napoleon I. IMPORTANT LETTER SIGNED ("NAPOLEON"), TO EUGÈNE DE BEAUHARNAIS, VICEROY OF ITALY about the reorganisation of the army in the new Kingdom of Italy in particular "les deux bataillons de ma Garde" under a single new administration, including guards of honour drawn from the best families in Milan, Bologna, Brescia and [Emilia-] Romagna, giving details of the companies and their forces (60 horse and 40 foot), two batallions of 75 foot-soldiers each and an artillery company of 60 horse and 60 foot, stipulating the overall cost at one and a half million francs, explaining his wish to reform the morale of the force ("...mon but, en appellant ainsi les jeunes gens des principales familles est de faire une révolution dans les moeurs..."), 2 pages, folio, Castello di Montirone (Brescia), 14 June 1805
Napoleon I. IMPORTANT LETTER SIGNED ("NAPOLEON"), TO EUGÈNE DE BEAUHARNAIS, VICEROY OF ITALY about the reorganisation of the army in the new Kingdom of Italy in particular "les deux bataillons de ma Garde" under a single new administration, including guards of honour drawn from the best families in Milan, Bologna, Brescia and [Emilia-] Romagna, giving details of the companies and their forces (60 horse and 40 foot), two batallions of 75 foot-soldiers each and an artillery company of 60 horse and 60 foot, stipulating the overall cost at one and a half million francs, explaining his wish to reform the morale of the force ("...mon but, en appellant ainsi les jeunes gens des principales familles est de faire une révolution dans les moeurs..."), 2 pages, folio, Castello di Montirone (Brescia), 14 June 1805
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