SOULT

Soult is best known for the campaigns in the Peninsula against Wellington. On the first abdication of Napoleon, 11th April 1814, he declared himself a Royalist, and was Minister of War from December 1814 to March 1815. He subsequently declared for Napoleon again, being chief-of-staff at Waterloo, and, after a brief exile, for each change of government till his death during the Second Republic. He was twice Minister of War for Louis Philippe, 1830-1834 and again from 1840 to 1844 and this was written during his second period.Pierre Laurent de Mery de la CANORGUE (1806-1865) was a French General and Commandant in Vienna under the second empire.Ministère de la GuerreSecrétariat généralContrôle en comptabilité généraleBureau du SecrétariatOrdre Royal de la Légion d'HonneurParis le 28 novembre 1844Le Président du Conseil, Ministre Secrétaire d'État de la Guerre informe Monsieur Méry de la Canorgne (Pierre Laurent Elzéar Gustave Jean Baptiste Léon) Capitaine Adjudant Major au Bataillon de Tirailleurs indigènes d'Oran que, par Ordonnance du 27 de ce mois, le Roi l'a nommé Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal de la Légion d'Honneur.Avis de cette nomination est donné au Grand Chancelier de l'Ordre, qui est chargé de faire procéder à la réception de Monsieur Méry de la Canorgne et de lui remettre sa décoration.Mr duc de DalmatieMinistry of WarGeneral SecretaryControl in general accountingOffice of the SecretaryRoyal Order of the Legion of HonorParis on November 28, 1844The President of the Council, Minister Secretary of State for War informs Mister Méry de la Canorgne (Pierre Laurent Elzéar Gustave Jean Baptiste Léon) Captain Warrant Officer Major at the Battalion Indigenous of Tirailleurs of Oran that, by Ordinance of the 27th of this month, the King appointed him Knight of the Royal Order of the Legion of Honor.Notice of this appointment is given to the Grand Chancellor of the Order, who is responsible for proceeding the reception of Mister Méry de la Canorgne and present him his decoration.M. Duke of Dalmatia