NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815, autograph letter addressed to his Step-son Prince Eugène de Beauharnais, 1781-1824, four pages on one folded sheet of paper, dated 14 March 1813 in the morning, Trianon, Napoleon states 'My son, I’ve received the letter you sent from Leipzig on the evening of 9 March. You don't say whether General Lauriston told you the direction that I was ral Flahaut will reach you, I think, tomorrow. As soon as you have news from General Morand in Pomerania you must let me have it; even mere rumours that might reach you about it. Our most recent news suggests that it’s not yet decided whether Prussia will join the campaign against us. However, since General York’s treachery and the shape that things have taken since then, the cabinet in Berlin doesn’t seem as if it will remain our ally for long; but I do not think that they have as many troops as General Régnier believes. There are many sick men in General York’s corps. All the Russians who arrive from the Russian army tell us that there are many sick men. Whatever one says, a large body of the army is outside Danzig. It’s true that they have not yet entered Warsaw, that they are going to call up the national guard and that they have not allowed anymunication between the town and their army, in order to conceal their situation and to prevent many men from getting into the town to take refuge from the cold. Your affectionate father.” Provenance: From a private English collectionPlease refer to department for condition report