[ Autographs ] LAURENT GOUVION SAINT CYR (1764-1830) French marshal who defeated Wittgenstein at Polotsk, stubbornly defended Dresden until forced to surrender and failed to support Napoleon during the Hundred Days. Manuscript L.S. as Minister of War, 1p. legal folio, Paris, June 12, 1818 to the Baron de Rostaing in which he discusses the reduction of pay accorded military administrators. Rostaing's holograph response and signature follow. Light soiling and a clean fold tear in blank bottom area, overall very good.