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| Portrait of Sous Lieut Joseph-Paul Bassigny depicting his uniform at the Battle of Wagram on July 6, 1809, where his left leg was carried away by a cannonball. |
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| Painting by Lucien Rousselot of a Carabinier officer in full dress. |
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| Mr. Bassigny's Service record from Base Leonore: File |
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| Bassigny's description of his actions at the Battle of Ostrolenka and how he saved the veteran Carabinier Boudor, who had over 20 years of service. |
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| Final letter written in 1856 describing Mr. Bassigny's career. |
Below can be found a few maps and websites on the battles of Aspern-Essling and Wagram. These give the reader a better understanding what the battlefield looked liked. The first is a tour of the whole battlefield of Wagram. You can move around the map to show the different positions of the French and Austrians. Wagram Tour battlefield anomalies website
A period Map of the geography of the Battle of Wagram from https://davidrumsey.oldmapsonline.org/maps/1cdcfd91-fd5c-52b6-ae3b-cd4cd82382b6/view#
Greetings, and many thanks for your interesting site! I see the color "naive" pic of Bassigny charging at Wagram. I see this pic often, but what is it provenance? Where did the original came from?? Thanks in advance, Eman
ReplyDeleteEman, thank you for your comment! I believe I found it online, but will take a look tonight to see what I can find.
DeleteMichael, many thanks! I've tried to find it, as well (Carnet de la sabretache, for example) but to no avail... I also saw that it is being part of the Musée de l'Armée library
ReplyDeleteEman, this is where I found the picture, https://www.thewargameswebsite.com/forums/topic/general-truths-of-napoleonic-french-uniform/ but if I had to guess most like authors Alain Piegard or Olivier Lapray had it in one of their books.
ReplyDeleteOh, well - the saga continues. Merci!!
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