His Excellency
Maréchal Steve Peluso
Général en Chef
La Grande Armée
Mon Maréchal,
My compliments and herein is submitted for your consideration l’Armée du Nord’s Muster and General Report for the period of April through June '03.
A key development over the last quarter has been the steady growth of the IIème Corps d'Armee. Under the steady leadership of le Comte de Suchet, GdD Jensen, the IIème Corps is now the largest in l'Armée du Nord and now encompasses three divisions of infantry, the 5ème through 7ème Divisions d'Infanterie, together with the 2ème Division de Cavalerie Légère. I am also pleased to report that le Comte de Garonne, Drew Stone, has received a richly deserved baton and been promoted to the rank of Maréchal. It is with sincere regret that I must announce the retirement of Col. Schulze as commander of the 7ème Division d'Infanterie, however the command of this division has passed into the capable hands of le Comte de Garonne, Maréchal Drew Stone. I also commend to everyone’s attention the spacious new headquarters of the IIème Corps d'Armée located at http://www.geocities.com/en_avant_iicorps/index.html.
The Ier Corps de Réserve de Cavalerie has completed its re-organization, the details of which are noted below.
Finally, although the entire army has, as always, remained in the forefront of l’Empereur’s battles, I would like to draw special attention to GdB Baron Ghislain Krygier, le Comte d'Alexandrie, GdD Gabriel Rodriguez and le Duc de Zurich, Gén. Bill Peterson who have now reached the quarter-finals of the MOE II Tournament. Special mention should also be made of the seven teams (four from the IIC, two from the I Res Cav and one from the IIIC) that have entered the NWC Divisional Tournament.
HQ: 2
IC: 23
IIC: 34
IIIC: 28
I Res Cav: 23
Total Armee du Nord: 110
Officers currently in training:
IC: Sous Lts. Rautanen, Davis, Todaro and Robert.
IIC: Sous-Lts Snyder and Milan.
IIIC: Sous-Lts. Marce, Kasnic and Lucian.
ICav: Sous-Lts. Thomas Herman and Pablo Courau.
Officers re-activated from Reserve/transferred from AdR:
Lt. Colonel Nick Kourounis (IC)
Colonel Richard Davies has returned to action at the head of the 1er Carabiniers (I Cav).
Lieutenant Antonio Simon has been reactivated from the Reserve
and given command of the 14ème Chasseurs à Cheval. (I Cav)
Colonel Phillip Gooley was appointed to command le 4e Régiment de Tirailleurs, 2e Division de la Jeune Garde and granted the title Baron de l'Empire.
Colonel Paul Vinnos has been appointed to command le 3e Régiment de Tirailleurs, 2e Division de la Jeune Garde and been granted the title of Baron de l'Empire.
Colonel Russ Dodge has been appointed to command le 3e Régiment de Voltigeurs, 2e Division d'Infanterie de la Jeune Garde and been granted the title of Baron d'Empire.
Général Peterson has been promoted to la Vieille Garde, assuming command of le 2ème Régiment de Grenadiers à Cheval with the title of Duc de Zurich.
Colonel Theodor Papatheodorou has been appointed to command le 1er Régiment de la Garde d'Honneur, Division de Cavalerie de la Jeune Garde and been granted the title of Baron de l'Empire.
Special mention should be made of the following officers for their distinguished contributions during the preceding month:
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Le Comte de Garonne, Maréchal Drew Stone is recommended for The Grand Triumph Cross for his victories in encounters over 16 turns against officers from each of the four Allied Armies. Le Comte de Garonne is also recommended for la Légion d'Honneur for his glorious, distinguished service in the vanguard of L’Empereur’s forces. Aside from joining the Empire’s Marshallate, he has been appointed to the command of la 1ère Division d'Infanterie de la Jeune Garde.
Col. Y. Lamezec is recommended for la Croix de la Valeur Militaire for his 7 Major Victories. He is further recommended for the St. Helena Medal for his long and faithful service as commander of the 2ème Division de Cavalerie, fostering participation amongst his officers in numerous tournaments besides maintaining two different websites for the II Corps.
Général de Brigade P. Chavis is recommended for the Ordre de la Couronne de Fer for his service as commander of the 6ème Division d'Infanterie.
Chef de Bataillon A. Ozols is recommended for la Croix de la Valeur Militaire for his 4 Major Victories.
Colonel P. Vinnos is recommended for la Croix de la Valeur Militaire for his 5 Major Victories.
Chef de Bataillon D. Fuller is recommended for la Légion d'Honneur for his 3 Major Victories and long service to II Corps.
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Colonel Dean Beecham is recommended for la Croix de la Valeur Militaire in recognition of his stirring string of victories on the field of glory.
Colonel Teo Papatheodorou has achieved 5 Major Victories over the Allied Coalition, and is hereby recommended for the Military Star.
Le Comte de Montpelier, Stuart Wilson, was promoted to Général de Division.
Mssr. Cuddy was promoted to Lt. Colonel.
Lt. Simmons has been transferred to command of
7/2e Artillerie à Pied of II Corps Artillery Reserve.
Maréchal D. Stone has assumed command of 7th Division.
Col. Schulze has been transferred to 5/2e Artillerie à Cheval of II Corps Artillery Reserve.
Chef de Bataillon A. Ozols has assumed command of 5th Division.
D. Stone has been promoted to Maréchal.
P. Vinnos has been promoted to Colonel.
P. Smith has been promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.
N. Fredriksson has been promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.
P. Zantuck has been promoted to Chef de Bataillon.
B. Kimball has been promoted to Chef d’Escadron.
A. Ozols has been promoted to Chef de Bataillon.
D. Fuller has been promoted to Chef de Bataillon.
Lt. Pratt was promoted to Capitaine.
A. Bacian has been promoted to Lieutenant on completion of training.
I.Ubaldi has been promoted to Lieutenant on completion of training.
Le Duc de Feltre, Jean-Denis Martin, was promoted to Général.
Baron Tony Malone has been promoted to Général.
David Guegan has been promoted to Général de Brigade.
Ghislan Krygier has been promoted to Général de Brigade.
Philip Herrington has been promoted to Colonel.
Tomas Koch has been promoted to Major.
Tony DeFranco has been promoted to Major.
Maréchal M. Francisco Palomo
Comte de Marseille
Duc d'Abrantes
CoA - Armée du Nord
Actual appearance of the pass and monastery at La Corona, north of Rivoli. Masséna trapped 4000 Austrians here on 15 June 1797, forcing their surrender. Compare to cover illustration.