2-715-185 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Prussian General Courbière, Commandant of Graudenz, and French envoy Savary, 1807, (1936). 'Der Preussiche General Courbière, Kommandant Von Graudenz, Und Der Französische Unterhändler Savary. 1807'. During the Napoleonic invasion in Prussia in 1806-1807, the fortress of Graudenz (Grudziadz, in Poland) was successfully defended by General of Infantry Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière against attacks by French troops. From "Bilder Deutscher Geschichte", (Pictures of German History), No.12, cigarette card album. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany, 1936]