Description
Letter signed, one page, 8,5 x 13,5 inch, `V. Armee-Corps - General Commando`* stationery, Headquarters Liegnitz, August 30th, 1835, in German, to the Royal Privy Councilor Knight etc. Lord of Woyrsch - concerning military affairs, signed in dark ink "v. Grolman", attractively mounted (removable) for fine display with a picture, shows Karl von Grolman in a half length pose (altogether 19,5 x 15 inch), with horizontal mailing folds and a stain - in fine to very fine condition.
In parts:
„Hauptquartier Liegnitz den 30sten August 1835
[…]
Nach der Verfügung des Herrn Kriegsministers Excellenz sollen sämmtliche
zur Berittenmachung der fremenden Officiere bestimmte Pferde des 2ten und
3ten Dragoner-Regiments und 3ten Ulanen-Regiments zunächst hier
in Liegnitz concentrirt und demnächst am 2ten September wieder zum
6ten Armee-Corps gesandt werden. In Folge dessen habe ich verfügt,
daß diese Pferde, etwa 100 an der Zahl, mit etwa 40 kommandirten
Mannschaften am 2ten September von hier nach Ober Mois und Perschen-
dorf rücken, um dann am 3ten nach Kanth zu gehen, und indem ich nicht
ermangele, Euer Hochwohlgeboren hiervon ergebenst in Kenntniß zu
setzen, ersuche ich Sie ebenmäßig, wegen der Unterbringung dieser
Mannschaften und Pferde in den genannten Ortschaften die erforder-
lichen Verfügungen dergestalt zu treffen, daß auch die Verabreich-
ung der Fourage gesichert ist.
Der interimistisch commandirende General
v. Grolman
An den Königlichen Geheimen Regierungsrath
Ritter etc. Herrn von Woyrsch - Hochwohlgeboren in Kapsdorff“
Translated:
"Headquarters Liegnitz, August 30th, 1835
[…]
According to the order of the Honorable Minister of War, Excellency, all
Horses of the 2nd and 2nd were designated for the readiness of the foreign officers
3rd Dragoon Regiment and 3rd Uhlan Regiment initially here
concentrated in Liegnitz and soon again on September 2nd
6th Army Corps were sent. As a result, I have decreed
that these horses, about 100 in number, commanded about 40
Teams on September 2nd from here to Ober Mois and Perschen-
back to the village and then go to Kanth on the 3rd, and I don't
fail to inform your High Honor of this
I ask you about the accommodation of this
Teams and horses in the mentioned towns are to make the necessary arrangements in such a way that the administration of the forage is also ensured.
The interim commanding general
v. Grolman
To the Royal Privy Councilor Knight etc. Lord of Woyrsch - Highborn in Kapsdorff"
* At the end of March 1832 he was commissioned to take care of business as commanding general of the V Army Corps (large unit of the Prussian Army) in Posen and was appointed commanding general on September 9, 1835.
Further Information on the person
Profession:
(1777-1843) Prussian general who fought in the Napoleonic Wars.
Year of Birth: 1777
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