Louis-Nicolas Davout
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Louis-Nicolas d'Avout, better known as Davout, 1st Prince of Eckmühl, 1st Duke of Auerstaedt, was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who served during both the French Revolutionary
Portrait by Tito Marzocchi de Bellucci, c. 1852
Davout's birthplace in Annoux
Louis-Nicolas Davout, lieutenant-colonel of the 3rd battalion of Yonne in 1792, by Alexis-Nicolas Pérignon (1834)
Davout at the Battle of Auerstedt, by Dick de Lonlay
Old Guard (France)
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The Old Guard was a formation of the French Army's Imperial Guard. Consisting exclusively of veteran troops, it was the most prestigious formation in Napoleon's Grande Armée. French soldiers often ref
1st Regiment of Foot Grenadiers of the Old Guard Wearing their distinctive bearskin caps while fighting in the Six Days Campaign. Napoleon's Old Guard was the most celebrated and most feared elite military formation of its day.
Grenadier Cavalry of the Old Guard during the Battle of Eylau by Édouard Detaille
Napoleon saying goodbye to the Old Guard at the Palace of Fontainebleau, after his first abdication (1814)
Bertrand Malvaux holding a 1st Regiment of Foot Grenadiers of the Old Guard bearskin (1811 Pattern)