1624 June: Le mercure françois #3
Pope Urban VIII has appointed Cardinal Remy Saunier Papal Envoy. His Holyness has also issued a papal bull making the use of tobacco in holy places punishable by excommunication.
Monsieur Bastien Durand (BD) resigned his membership in Scarron's before leaving for the front.
Week 2
You don't always have to be at the Palais des Tuilleries to have a party. This week we attended a small party at lovely Madmoiselle Jeanette Fabiere's (JF) small house in St. Denis.
News From The Front
Vive la France! The army is crushing the enemy. The coming two months are expected to be easy mopping-up operations. The King has declared that Field Army Commander General Gaby d'Ailly will be knighted at his return to Paris.
Promotions
4th Languedoc Arquebusiers Captain Abélard Delafosse is promoted to Major and Subaltern Alonso Balmaske (AB) is promoted to Captain.
Royal Normandy Marines private Bastien Durand (BD) is promoted to Subaltern.
Killed in Action
Lieutenant Generals: Cavalry Division Commander Lt. General Michaël Bethune.
Colonels: Royal Normandy Marines Regimental Commander Colonel Mathis Corriveau.
Lieutenant-Colonels: Dragoon Guards Lieutenant-Colonel Abélard Calvet
Majors: Horse Guard Brigade Major Henry Baume. 4th Languedoc Arquebusiers Major Roland Rossignol.
Captains: Dragoon Guards Captains Florent Lebas, CĂ´me Guillaume, and Matthieu Ardouin. Royal Normandie Marines Captains Ludovic Noir, Ludovic Derocles, and Rodolphe Chapuis. 4th Languedoc Arquebusiers Captain Gabriel Rouzet. 1st Frontier Regiment Adjutant Captain David Dumont
Privates: ..., Henri Sampson (HS), ...
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