Marbot

The fictional Brigadier was described as a cousin of the Maréchal, who in real life was accompanied at Antwerp by another veteran of the Napoleonic wars, Maréchal Baron de Marbot, whose sparkling memoirs, published in French in 1891, were later to provide useful source material to Arthur.

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Marbot for she could not sleep, it proves she has a heart.

Mrs. Dalloway 2003

According to Marbot and other French accounts, complete victory was in sight when Napoleon suddenly ordered Lannes to halt his attack.

THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966

According to Marbot he publicly stated that Napoleon had directed affairs badly throughout the day and that “had he been in command, he would have forced Charles—by means of a ‘telling maneuver’—to lay down his arms, almost without combat.”

THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966

In the words of Marbot, “The Marshal, whose manners, when he liked, were I must admit, very attractive, was especially desirous to earn the character of a well-bred man in the eyes of these strangers.”

THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966

However, on arriving at Frischermont, Marbot was in for a considerable surprise.

THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966

Our informant, Baron Marbot, played a leading part in the drama that now unfolded.

THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966

According to Marbot, “The Emperor regretted him more than the army, which had never forgotten that it was the advice given by this marshal on the evening of the Battle of the Moskowa that had prevented Napoleon from completing his victory by sending in his Guard….”

THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966

Marbot, Baron M. de, Mémoires, ed. by General Koch 3 vols.

THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966

Marbot was the first to raise the stricken marshal, and he was borne rapidly to the rear.

THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966