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Part 9

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Stay strong. You have been sent by Her Imperial Majesty, with a full company from the Engineer Regiment attached to the Pomeranian Corps. For this reason, you are encouraged to do the following: 1) After the departure of this corps, describe its route as is quite prescribed in this instruction in 758, and for better information about everything. Pomerania is informed of a map of this land and time for the march to try to see that according to that map it will be seen that it is not similar to what is laid out in nature, to transport and describe this malfunction in detail. | 2) When will this corps, if the highest command, besiege or attack a certain fortress and reach it without hindrance at that hour and surround it with the occupation of such posts in order to prevent communication both in the delivery of food supplies and water, and as is usual for such enterprises, there must be plans, for which three are sent, one former Expedition of 758, the second last year, and third! with the addition of everything that is still considered necessary to carry out during that attack, and so from the first two, mistakes happened before, and from the last one, which has now been corrected, you can clearly see that during the first attack, the trenches were built dishonestly, and besides, with little artillery! and people, the attack was divided into two sides and by that slowness they missed a convenient time, and in the second, although the attack was carried out decently, only the place was surrounded so weakly that not only the seacurs could be prevented, but the communication below with the ground near the fortress could have been stopped, and for this purpose, having examined everything, create a special drawing of which is attached, and since it is possible, everything has been corrected, especially for encircling the fortress by land and by sea decent posts are assigned equally and the attack is located on such a basis that not only the garrison is crushed but also from the Keslin side to take control of the counterscarp and slugs, and then the force is forced to quickly surrender and in what places for encircling the territory the posts are occupied equally and from which side the attack is carried out

1) Attached to ex. Com. on the preparation of military charter and lay down before 1800,

25 to 36 K. Nos. from 137 to 148 › Kept in the Main Archive. Eng. Managed!I.

Perhaps you will see more clearly from the plan, and besides the fact that, according to your well-known skill, you can use precautions or haste for this acceptable attack, it remains on your well-invented one.