THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
NAPOLEONIC WARS
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marshal ney
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marshal lannes
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marshal murat
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marshal bernadotte
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Detailed explanation-1: -“The bravest of the brave” was the title given to the great French military leader Michel Ney by Napoleon I.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the campaign he and his forces were cut off from the main army, but they managed to escape over the Dneipr river. Napoleon said that, “The army of France is full of brave men, but Michel Ney is truly the bravest of the brave!”
Detailed explanation-3: -Biography of a Marshal in Napoleon’s army who referred to him as the “bravest of the brave.” He was executed by French royalists six months after Waterloo.
Detailed explanation-4: -François Christophe de Kellermann, the oldest marshal chosen by Napoleon, supposedly honorary but in fact, Kellermann proved one of Napoleons most effective at handling reserve-class forces.