WRITTEN DURING THE FLANDERS CAMPAIGN (NAPOLÉON.) JOURDAN, JEAN BAPTISTE. Autograph Letter Signed, "Jourdan," to General Anne Charles Basset Montaigu at Halle, in French, ordering him to occupy Brussels, seize all weapons, and arrest all Austrians taking control of their stores and banks. 2 pages, 4to, "Armée de Sambre et Meuse" stationery, with integral blank; moderate bleedthrough, moderate closed separations at folds, small hole at lower left. Np, [11 July 1794] ". . . You will leave immediately . . . with the two divisions that you command and report to Brussels. You will take up position in front of that place facing Louvain . . . . You will leave three battalions and one squadron of cavalry to guard the gates of Brussels. . . ."
". . . You will give orders that no one is to enter the city without permission. . . . [P]ut into your power all the stores and banks belonging to the Austrians. . . . [T]he Austrians who could still be in the city, . . . arrest them. . . . You will require the magistrate . . . to transport all arms in the city to a place that you will designate, where you will guard them carefully. . . ."