August 5, 1856, Libreville Free Trade Zone, Gabon Region.
Since August began, Libreville, which is under a tropical rainforest climate, has been experiencing alternating extreme weather of high temperatures and heavy rain.
In such extreme weather, some members of the Croatian Foreign Legion who arrived here not long ago with Governor Jerome Patterson immediately found themselves unaccustomed to the environment.
Many soldiers started to suffer from diarrhea and vomiting, unable to work, and some couldn't even stand up to walk.
Seeing this situation, Mirabeau Pulekovic, one of the two major commanders of the French Foreign Legion at the time, immediately rode to Libreville city. He wanted to personally report this matter to Governor Jerome Patterson.
Galloping all the way on horseback, Mirabeau Pulekovic soon stopped at the gate of a mansion with a garden located in the city center.
Indeed, this mansion was the place where Governor Jerome Patterson worked and rested.
