Examples of using "Maréchal" in a sentence and their english translations:
Marshal Suchet
baton…
Marshal Ney
Marshal Soult
Marshal Bessières
Marshal Masséna
to Marshal Ney.
baton of a Maréchal.
3. Marshal Berthier
2. Marshal Lannes
1. Marshal Davout
12. Marshal Oudinot
11. Marshal Victor
10. Marshal Murat
18. Marshal Bernadotte
17. Marshal Augereau
16. Marshal Lefebvre
15. Marshal Mortier
14. Marshal Marmont
by a marshal’s baton.
in Marshal Murat’s absence.
13. Marshal Saint-Cyr
In France, the title of Marshal, or Maréchal, goes back at least to the 13th century.
Lannes’ Fifth Corps.
supported by Marshal Bessières cavalry.
chief of staff, replacing Marshal Berthier.
I make you a Marshal of France...
Created a Marshal in 1804, status,
His chief of staff, the future Marshal Soult,
Marshal Murat that would’ve allowed the enemy to escape.
advice - much to Marshal Berthier’s annoyance.
In 1808, Marshal Victor and First Corps
During the retreat from Moscow, the 57-year-old
of military authority – authority symbolised by a marshal’s baton.
Exactly why Napoleon kept his best Marshal in Hamburg
The words inscribed on every French Marshal’s baton.
He blamed Marshal Bessières for his lack of support.
of military authority – authority symbolised by a marshal’s baton.
Marshal Saint-Cyr remains one of the great ‘what-ifs’
When Marshal Lannes died of his wounds,
In 1804 Napoleon made Lefebvre an Honorary Marshal – honorary,
Lannes had to work closely with Marshal Murat,
With no sign of support from Marshal Bernadotte’s First Corps,
His troops had to be rescued by Marshal Lannes’ corps.
Bernadotte was blamed for failing to support Marshal Davout
he demanded to fight a duel with Marshal Soult,
and saved only by the quick intervention of Marshal Ney, Eugène and Poniatowski.
In 1804, Napoleon proclaimed a new empire, and Ney was made a Marshal.
His subordinates, already underwhelmed by his appearance, were outraged that the Marshal
but when he was made subordinate to Marshal Masséna, a man whom he personally detested,
What’s more Bernadotte had immediately got on the wrong side of the future Marshal Berthier,
and Marmont, with support from Marshal Moncey’s National Guard.
The smith used the tongs to pick up the horseshoe.
hesitant and muddled, and nearly led to Marshal Davout’s corps being encircled.
But he was ‘the indispensable Marshal’, whose brilliant administration and tireless work
Lannes’ old rival Marshal Bessières was placed under his temporary command.
Marshal Lannes’ death was a great blow to Napoleon and the army.
When Napoleon heard the first report, he was incredulous. “Your Marshal must have been
never made it across the river. The Marshal’s role was limited to trying
In 1804 Bessières became a Marshal – less for any great military achievement, than for
When he was made a Marshal by Napoleon in 1804, he seemed distinctly underwhelmed, and
But he was past his best by the time he became a Marshal.
For this achievement, Napoleon awarded Saint-Cyr his Marshal’s baton.
Promotion to Marshal and the title Duke of Bellumo swiftly followed.
In May, a confusing order to Marshal Ney contributed to his late arrival at
Taking command of Marshal Moncey’s Third Corps, Lannes routed a Spanish
the army’s temporary commander - Marshal Berthier – nearly left Davout to be cut off.
When Davout got into a row with Marshal Murat, whom he regarded as incompetent,
For this victory, Napoleon finally awarded him his Marshal’s baton – the only one
In 1804 Napoleon proclaimed his new Empire, and Soult received his Marshal’s baton.
When the Emperor returned to France, he entrusted the pursuit of the British army to Marshal
with the exalted rank of ‘Marshal General of France’.
Later that year, he joined forces with Marshal Masséna’s Army of Portugal, to take on
His corps commanders, especially Marshal Ney, were scathing of his conduct.
being wounded twice, and winning praise from his commander, the future Marshal Lefebvre.
This delighted Napoleon, who rewarded him a year later with the rank of Marshal.
“I’ll show you that before I was a Marshal I was a grenadier, and still am!”
“The Marshal has died this morning of the wounds he received on the field of honour.
the Marshal who led Napoleon’s vanguard in four of his greatest campaigns.
The Marshal himself was injured when his dying horse rolled over him,
The moment highlighted the gulf in charisma between a Marshal like Ney,
Then on Marshal Lannes’ recommendation, Napoleon gave him command of Third Corps,
Soult learned much from Lefebvre (a future fellow-Marshal), serving first as his chief
His big break came in 1807, stepping in for the wounded Marshal Bernadotte to command
When Napoleon left the army to return to Paris, he gave command to Marshal Murat.
and long-running feud with the Emperor, meant he was never a great Marshal.
including the crushing victory at Ocaña, operating alongside another friend, Marshal Soult.
the king received a minor wound, but Marshal Mortier and 17 others were killed.
He was the senior Marshal in Paris when the Allies attacked on 30th March.
than a million francs per year from the Emperor – more than any other Marshal.
a Marshal of the new French empire, and orders to return to Paris for Napoleon’s coronation.
“Marshal Suchet, you have grown greatly since we last saw one another!” the Emperor