Napoleon's Marshals: Bessières, Macdonald, Masséna. Posted: December 5, 2024 | Last updated: December 5, 2024 In 1804 Napoleon created 18 'Marshals of the Empire', to serve as the senior ...

Epic History Napoleon's Marshals Berthier, Lannes, Davout. Posted: December 10, 2024 | Last updated: December 11, 2024 In 1804 Napoleon created 18 'Marshals of the Empire', to serve as the senior ...

In 1804 Napoleon created 18 'Marshals of the Empire', to serve as the senior officers of the Grande Armée. He created a further 8 before his abdication in 1814. A few were aristocrats ...

Who is your favourite of Napoleon’s Marshals? As they ponder their own choice they look back at who the generals were, what made them ‘great’, and why they continue to capture the imagination.

They agreed never to fight an army if Napoleon was in command. If one of his marshals was in command, to go at him full force. And this worked. In the fall of 1813, the Allies caught Napoleon at ...

one of Napoleon’s marshals, was killed by an infernal machine in 1835 while riding beside King Louis Philippe. In gratitude to the family, the King gave their name to a street, the Rue de ...

After 1808, Napoleon left the Peninsular conflict in the hands of his brother Joseph, and of the marshals and generals commanding the various French armies. No one man was given supreme command of ...

On this special episode of Battle Lines, Roland Oliphant and guests tackle the late David Knowles’ favourite conversational gambit: Who is your favourite of Napoleon’s Marshals? As they ponder ...