Digby

Yes Really!

See page 74. Letter 552, Napoleon to Clarke Sept. 7, 1809.

The Confidential Correspondence of Napoleon Bonaparte with His Brother Joseph Volume II.

http://books.google.ca/books?id=F1MRAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=

See also pages 123-124. Letter 619, Napoleon to Berthier, May 29, 1810. Issuing similar orders to Massena regarding September and when heats were over.

Good hunting.

Ron