SIEGE OF DUNABURG (RUSSIA) - PRUSSIAN OFFICER'S LETTER WITH ...

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SIEGE OF DUNABURG (RUSSIA) - PRUSSIAN OFFICER'S LETTER WITH RED "No.5/GRANDE-ARMEE" MARK; 18 July 1812 small EL (overall toning) from a Prussian Officer at "Dunaburg" written as Napoleon's forces were trying to capture the fortress there, addressed to "Crevelt" and charged "5" with a partly fine red "No.5/GRANDE-ARMEE" nicely placed on the front. The closely written contents in German [even Google Lens struggles with the writing] include details of the writer's involvement in the ongoing attacks on the Russian fortress in Dunaburg (now Daugavpils, Latvia) - which is still commemorated with an annual festival to this day; "...We have been on Russian territory for four and twenty days. I have fired several bullets... This day we have taken about twelve prisoners, even one dead... standing outside [are] five thousand soldiers in the greatest disorder...". It would undoubtedly benefit from an accurate and full transcription. Good Campaign Letter. Cross Reference: RUSSIA, FRANCE