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NAPOLEON BONAPARTE Document signed ("Bonaparte"), being an order authorizing the payment of 240 francs to be sent by courier; Camp d'acre, "le 16 floreál an 7" [5 May 1799]
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NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
Document signed ("Bonaparte"), being an order authorizing the payment of 240 francs to be sent by courier; engraved Republique Française heading and text, with manuscript insertions, one page, dust-staining and spotting, edges frayed, folio (320 x 205mm.), Camp d'acre, "le 16 floreál an 7" [5 May 1799]
Footnotes
An order signed towards the end of Napoleon's unsuccessful siege of the Ottoman city of Acre (March to May 1799). The siege was viewed as the turning point of French fortunes in Egypt and Syria and was the third tactical defeat of his career. After a final abortive assault on the city on 10 May, he withdrew to Egypt eleven days later. The hill on which Napoleon set his camp, south-east of the city walls, is still known as Napoleon's Hill.