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Auction: 17020 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 968

Autographs
France
Battle of Lodi
1796 hand-drawn, coloured plan of the fortifications of Lodi with plan in German showing The City and The Castle as well as the bridge over the River Adda. The plan has been signed by Marshall Berthier with his army handstamp. Berthier was one of the two French officers who led the second wave of troops storming the bridge. A remarkable military document of one of Napoleon's famous early battles. Photo

The Battle of Lodi was fought on 10 May 1796 between French forces under General Napoleon Bonaparte and an Austrian rear guard led by Karl Philipp Sebottendorf at Lodi, Lombardy. The rear guard was defeated, but the main body of Johann Peter Beaulieu's Austrian Army had time to retreat.

The Battle of Lodi was not a decisive engagement, since the Austrian army had successfully escaped. However, it became a central element in the Napoleonic myth and, according to Napoleon himself, contributed to convincing him that he was superior to other generals, and that his destiny would lead him to achieve great things

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Estimate
£400 to £500