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Antoine Drouot

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Ch. HĂ©quet wrote "France was astonished in 1814 to learn, that she had possessed for a long time the best officer of artillery in Europe". Napoleon called Drouot
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at Trafalgar, and at least one battalion of French soldiers present at Waterloo had served as marines at Trafalgar.
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Universal pronouncing dictionary of biography and mythology (Aa, van der – Hyperius)
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in 1813, where he commanded the artillery of the Imperial Guard, he was made a
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where he rose through the ranks and was a captain of artillery at the
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the Spanish ambassador to the Netherlands who had fought against the
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Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles
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Peace commissioners of the French Provisional Government of 1815
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Accompanying Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo was, General
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Drouot is one of a select group who were present at both the
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Drouot was with Napoleon during his exile to the island of
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French military personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars
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[ɑ̃twandʁuo]
French Revolutionary
Napoleonic Wars
Battle of Trafalgar
Battle of Waterloo
name is inscribed
Arc de Triomphe
Nancy, France
French Revolution
Battle of Hohenlinden
battles of the Empire
Wagram
Borodino
LĂŒtzen
Bautzen
general of division
aide-de-camp
Napoleon
Elba
Hundred Days
Waterloo Campaign
Battle of Waterloo
Marshal Mortier
sciatica
Decoster's house
Napoleon had abdicated for the second time
surrender of Paris
Louis XVIII

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