Louis duc de BOURGOGNE. 1682-1712. Grandson of Louis XIV, fa - Lot 192

Louis duc de BOURGOGNE. 1682-1712. Grandson of Louis XIV, father of Louis XV. L.A.S. (to Chamillart). At Camp de Scheistat, June 17, 1703. 1 p. ¼ bifeuillet in-8. Letter from his Rhine campaign, where the king gave him command of Marshal de Tallard's army. He informs that he intends to correspond with the king using Marshal de Tallard's cipher; he shows himself ready for combat; "(...) You will see by the state of the army, that the garrisons ossées, we will still have fifty five or six battalions to put in campaign with quoy I do not believe that the enemies approach us much. In any case, we won't fear a fight, we're extremely impatient to see this happy time arrive, and whatever we can do, we'll certainly never do as much as we'd like (...).