DOCUMENTS. A collection of documents belonging to Joseph ROU
DOCUMENTS. A collection of documents belonging to Joseph ROUBAUD of the Imperial Guard’s Battalion of Foot Chasseurs, including his military service record for the period 1869–1870, his record from the 24th Battalion of Chasseurs for the period 1871, another for the period 1872–1874, a notebook in which he recorded his training courses at the Soldier’s School, and, most notably, his account of the 1870 campaign, written while he was a prisoner of war in Germany; enclosed is his stamped brass shako plate from the Imperial Guard’s Foot Chasseurs. ABE A native of Peyruis in the Basses-Alpes, Joseph Bruno ROUBAUD was drafted into the Imperial Guard’s battalion of foot chasseurs in August 1869, where he joined the military band; he took part in the 1870 campaign and was taken prisoner at Sedan. After his release, he joined the 24th BCP, formed from the survivors of the Imperial Guard’s Foot Chasseurs. In his journal, he briefly recounts his participation in the battle of August 14; at Gravelotte on the 16th, where he was slightly wounded by a piece of flying stone; the battle of Sainte-Barbe on the 31st; taking two prisoners on October 7; and his own surrender on October 29. He was sent to Neisse in Upper Silesia; the remainder of his account describes his detention under difficult conditions until his release on June 6, 1871.
[ translate ]DOCUMENTS. A collection of documents belonging to Joseph ROUBAUD of the Imperial Guard’s Battalion of Foot Chasseurs, including his military service record for the period 1869–1870, his record from the 24th Battalion of Chasseurs for the period 1871, another for the period 1872–1874, a notebook in which he recorded his training courses at the Soldier’s School, and, most notably, his account of the 1870 campaign, written while he was a prisoner of war in Germany; enclosed is his stamped brass shako plate from the Imperial Guard’s Foot Chasseurs. ABE A native of Peyruis in the Basses-Alpes, Joseph Bruno ROUBAUD was drafted into the Imperial Guard’s battalion of foot chasseurs in August 1869, where he joined the military band; he took part in the 1870 campaign and was taken prisoner at Sedan. After his release, he joined the 24th BCP, formed from the survivors of the Imperial Guard’s Foot Chasseurs. In his journal, he briefly recounts his participation in the battle of August 14; at Gravelotte on the 16th, where he was slightly wounded by a piece of flying stone; the battle of Sainte-Barbe on the 31st; taking two prisoners on October 7; and his own surrender on October 29. He was sent to Neisse in Upper Silesia; the remainder of his account describes his detention under difficult conditions until his release on June 6, 1871.
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