NAPOLEON I. Two unpublished letters signed ('Np' and 'Napol') to the Duke of Feltre, the first Paris, 18 April 1811, agreeing to the recall of three generals from Naples, with a sharp warning to be conveyed to the King of Naples that he may find he has too few officers, 'Je trouve beaucoup d'imprévoyance dans les demandes qu'il fait; que tout cela finira par me compromettre Naples', one page, 4°; the second n.p. [Paris], n.d. [18 April 1811], concerning the formation of a battalion in Corfu, one page, 4°, contemporary annotations attached to lower margins.

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NAPOLEON I. Two unpublished letters signed ('Np' and 'Napol') to the Duke of Feltre, the first Paris, 18 April 1811, agreeing to the recall of three generals from Naples, with a sharp warning to be conveyed to the King of Naples that he may find he has too few officers, 'Je trouve beaucoup d'imprévoyance dans les demandes qu'il fait; que tout cela finira par me compromettre Naples', one page, 4°; the second n.p. [Paris], n.d. [18 April 1811], concerning the formation of a battalion in Corfu, one page, 4°, contemporary annotations attached to lower margins.

The measures for Corfu take account of the season. 'Je pense que cette organisation doit etre fait sans delai sur le papier mais n'être executée qu'à l'equinoxe, lors les hommes qu'on tire du Regimen de la Méditerranée pourront arriver à Corfu'. (2)

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