Certificate of attestation of wounding, Montpelier, France, December 22, 1798, to Jean Louis Gilbert

Manuscript certificate signed by 7 non-commissioned officers and soldiers, attesting the wounding of Jean Louis Gilbert in action between Salzburg and Walz on 22 Frimaire An 9, with ink and water-color drawing of Gilbert, full-length in uniform Manuscript certificate signed by 7 non-commissioned officers and soldiers, attesting the wounding of Jean Louis Gilbert in action between Salzburg and Walz on 22 Frimaire An 9, with ink and water-color drawing of Gilbert, full-length in uniform Translation: Montpellier 30 March 6 years of the republic. Army of the Rhine. 2nd Division, Right Wing. 8th Battalion of train of artillery, elite company. We, the undersigned, certify that Citizen Jean-Louis Gilbert, soldier in the said company was wounded in our presence on the head above the left eye by 3 sabre blows, in the engagement of 22 December 9th [1798] between Strasburg and Walz, while driving a canon which was taken by the enemy at the time of the charge, in faith of which we have given him the document to serve or be of value as needed. At Walz, 23 December 9th [1798] year of the republic one and indivisible Oblong folio. Presented by John Nicholas Brown (acc. 1964). Digital object made available by: Brown University Library, John Hay Library, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)