Autograph letter signed, one page, 7,75 x 12,5 inch, Liège, 14.04.1815*, in German, to the royal supreme Brigade commander Knight Lord of Loeben - August Neidhardt von Gneisenau forwards the provisional provisions about the distribution of the Military Justice Personnel at the upcoming Organization of the four first army corps, written and signed in black ink “GrNvGneisenau", attractively mounted (removable) for display with a picture, shows August Neidhardt von Gneisenau in a beautiful chest-up portrait in uniform (altogether 17,25 x 13,75 inch), with intersecting letter folds, toning, a small hole to the upper right corner, and mild signs of wear to the edges - in fine condition.
"Ew. Hochwohlgeboren beehre ich mich anliegend die vorläufigen Bestimmungen über die Vertheilung des Militairjustitz-Personals bei der bevorstehenden Organisation der vier ersten Armee-Corps mit dem ergebensten Anheimstellen zu übersenden, die danach dem vierten Armee-Corps überwiesenen Brigade-Auditeurs, sofern dieselben mit den Truppen zu Ihnen stoßen, an sich zu ziehen.
H. G. Lüttich den 14. April 1815
GrNvGneisenau
An des Königlichen Obersten, Brigade Commandeurs, Ritters. Herrn von Loeben.
Hochwohlgeboren"
Translated:
"Your Highly Born, I have the privilege to enclose the provisional provisions on the distribution of the military justice personnel for the forthcoming organization of the first four Army Corps, and the brigade auditors who will then be transferred to the Fourth Army Corps, provided that they join you with the troops to draw in.
H. G. Liège, April 14, 1815
GrNvGneisenau
To the royal colonel, brigade commandeur, knight. Lord of Loeben.
Highly born"
* August Neidhardt von Gneisenau was a prominent figure in the reform of the Prussian military and the War of Liberation. In 1815, once more chief of Blücher's staff, Gneisenau played a very conspicuous part in the Waterloo campaign of June/July 1815. Senior generals such as Yorck and Kleist had been set aside in order that the chief-of-staff should take command in case of need, and when on the field of Ligny (16 June 1815) the old field marshal was disabled, Gneisenau assumed command of the Prussian army. He rallied the army and directed it towards Wavre, from where part of it marched to join Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815, where the flanking attack by the Prussians helped to decide the battle.
