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French Revolutionary Wars a fine collection of items including documents (19) with 1798 "Armée D'Orient" letter from Major General J. Menou at Rosetta to General Vial as commandant of the Province of Dalmatia, 1792 order from the Minister of War regarding the Armée du Rhin variously signed by Delafontaine, De Vaine, Gaudin, Lermina and Renard, 1792 letters (2) from Joseph Servan as Minister of War in Paris, 1792 order regarding the Island of St. Domingo, 1797 letter from Brigadier General Richepause in Luxembourg to General Louis Hoche regarding orders and movements, 1796 letter of instruction written (and signed) by various Naval Captains based in the roadstead of the Isle of Aix, 1796 order from General Jourdan and sent by courier to the Armée du Rhin, 1794 letter from General Jourdan to General Kleber regarding the position of their two army's, 1798 letter (in French and Turkish) written at Cairo to General Kleber regarding the plight of a woman who had suffered an injustice at the hands of Osman Bey Cherkaaim, 1798 eight page manuscript narrative of the Battle of the Nile - written by a French eye-witness; also caricatures (6) with "A Parish Meeting on the Subject of Invasion" and "Ben Block's Epistle to Bonaparte" both by M. Allen "The Corsican Imp" by W. Hudson, "Buonaparte's Soliloquy" by George Cruikshank; ephemera (6 items) with 1798 (3 Oct.) edition of the "Morning Chronicle" detailing Nelson's victory at the Battle of the Nile