1704. TAKE OF AUGSBURG (Bavaria). "LETTER FROM... Lot 23

1704. TAKE OF AUGSBURG (Bavaria). "LETTER FROM THE ROY, to M. le Comte de GRIGNAN." Lieutenant General, Commander in PROVENCE (Header, Vignette and Letterhead)-"Mons le Comte de GRIGNAN, the glorious Campaign which the Elector of BAVIÈRE has made at the head of my Army, could not be ended more advantageously than by the Capture of the City of AUSBOURG (Augsburg). The Inconveniences of an advanced Season did not prevent this Prince from making the Siege with my Troops & with his own, & obliging the garrison to Capitulate on December 14 after 8 days of open trench.... Te Deum, fires of joy in the streets, firing of the Canon & demonstrations of public rejoicings..." signed LOUIS XIV, and further down COLBERT, written in MARLY (78) on January 4, 1704. Cupboard (41 x 30) Condition A