General Louis-Henri Loison

Wow, what a treasure trove! I'm not sure in how far I'll be able to profit from it without knowing Portuguese but thank you so much! (And so much faster and easier to handle and to access than the ANF, too!)

Again, thanks a LOT! I'd come across excerpts of this already but did not quite know what to make of it without context. I've briefly checked for the story with Soult in Oporto and could already see that the author mentions Brun de Villeret and Tholozé. I'm reading Brun's "Cahiers" right now so I'm curious what the study makes of it. Thank you once more!

I'd seen that article once already, hence my interest. I actually hope somebody turns this into an adventure novel. Seen from the French side, of course. It has everything: very gray characters, treason on several levels, secret conspiracies, political intrigues - and in the end the British army showing up like "Excuse us? How about you guys fight with us instead of with each other?" Even something of a happy ending as the French manage to escape 😊.

Thank you so much for that, Tom! As soon as I read it, I realized Maggie Scott had pointed me to that dissertation once already, but I did not get to it immediately, and then I forgot. Thanks for reminding me, I'll make sure to get it this time. Loison seems like a very intriguing (if very dark) character.

Too bad that when the thesis was written there really wasn't a publisher who would print a book like that. Today it probably could be published.

After taking a first look at it, I very much agree. Very well written, also seems to be well sourced. I only opened it to check if the download had properly worked, and I already had my first question answered (Why does Swiss author Zschocke give the first name "Olivier" to Loison when it obviously wasn't?).