BLOOMFIELD
(Benjamin, 1st Baron, 1768-1846, Lieutenant General, Equerry)
Autograph Letter Signed to the Marquis of Buckingham,
explaining his delay at home due to "unexpected attendance" and expressing his hope to "avail myself of your Lordship's permission to offer myself at Buckingham House", 2 side 8vo., no place, 11th July
mounted on verso
Item Date:
1820
Stock No:
5153
£15
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AN ÉLITE COMPANY
BONNAL
(Henri, 1844-1917, French General, Head of the École Supérieure de Guerre, Writer on Warfare)
Holograph Article Signed, in French with translation,
headed "The Conditions of Modern Warfare: The Blue Devils", about "a fine feat of arms in Haute Alsace, from the 14th to the 21st June, accomplished by the 6th Company of the 7th Battalion of Light Infantry (chasseurs à pied)" which has prompted "the Officer Commanding the Army of the Vosges" (General Maud'huy) to rename "the company in question ... the Sidi-Brahim Company, in memory of the heroism shown in 1844 by the company of chasseurs which had taken refuge in the marabout [chapel containing the tomb of a devotee frontiersman] of Sidi-Brahim", the 6th Company in aiming to take "the height of Hilsenfürst, south of Metzeral ... having pierced the line of the German avant-garde, found itself hemmed in for four days, during which it was able to resist victoriously all enemy attacks", he describes the Captain's laying out a square of trenches, communicating in Provençal with the bulk of the 7th Battalion so that the latter could give warning of supporting fire, and many individual incidents, adding "one would like to know the name of its Captain", and referring to "the anonymous war waged by our army for the past eleven months ... during the four days of the siege ... our brave [chasseurs] had but two killed and three wounded. The detachment did not leave a single man in enemy hands, inflicted severe losses on him, took ten prisoners, captured one machine-gun, several rifles and 4,000 cartridges ... Napoleon, an incomparable psychologist, foresaw the increase in power that would come from setting up élite companies, when, at the beginning of the campaign of 1805, he ordered a company of Voltigeurs [quick response light infantry] to be formed in each battalion ... The ordinary person can form no idea of the advantage which good officers can draw from such differences of name and dress", many original alterations, 5 sides folio, no place, no date but July
Item Date:
1915
Stock No:
18880
£225
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THE CREW OF APOLLO 8
BORMAN
(Frank, born 1928, American Astronaut, Commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon)
Fine large NASA coloured photo signed
showing him with James A. Lovell & William A. Anders, standing together at the foot of some steps, full length in their space suits, 10" x 8", no place, no date,
Item Date:
1968
Stock No:
38364
£475
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BOULANGER
(Georges Ernest, 1837-1891, French Soldier & Statesman)
Printed Calling card as Minister of War with autograph sentiment in French,
"avec mes meilleurs remerciements", no place, no date, c.
small tear on top edge
Item Date:
1886
Stock No:
5191
£35
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BOULANGER
(Georges Ernest, 1837-1891, French Soldier & Statesman)
Autograph Calling card addressed to Miss E. E. Cohen with the date
4" x 2¾", Jersey, 18th October
Item Date:
1890
Stock No:
40955
£35
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