Examples of using "Mareşal" in a sentence and their english translations:
Marshal Suchet
Marshal Ney
Marshal Soult
3. Marshal Berthier
2. Marshal Lannes
1. Marshal Davout
to Marshal Ney.
Marshals Lannes and Masséna led the way across improvised bridges,
So far we’ve met Marshals Pérignon…
Marshal Murat that would’ve allowed the enemy to escape.
He also became the ‘grand old man’ of the French army, elevated to commander-in-chief,
a bitter rival since a falling out in Egypt, but they put their differences aside.
His troops had to be rescued by Marshal Lannes’ corps.
advice - much to Marshal Berthier’s annoyance.
When the Emperor returned to France, he entrusted the pursuit of the British army to Marshal
with expert guidance from Lieutenant Colonel Rémy Porte, former chief historian of the French Army.
But Lannes, with support from future Marshals Oudinot and Grouchy, expertly used his troops
“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.
With no sign of support from Marshal Bernadotte’s First Corps,
When Davout got into a row with Marshal Murat, whom he regarded as incompetent,
The Marshal himself was injured when his dying horse rolled over him,
with expert guidance from Lieutenant Colonel Rémy Porte, former chief historian of the
As Governor of Aragon, Marshal Suchet behaved very differently.
Taking command of Marshal Moncey’s Third Corps, Lannes routed a Spanish
Lannes’ old rival Marshal Bessières was placed under his temporary command.
“Marshal Suchet, you have grown greatly since we last saw one another!” the Emperor
the army’s temporary commander - Marshal Berthier – nearly left Davout to be cut off.
The moment highlighted the gulf in charisma between a Marshal like Ney,
1813, though his relations with the Emperor, and Marshal Berthier in particular, were increasingly
In 1811, with Marshal Masséna’s army stalled outside Lisbon, Napoleon ordered Soult to
On the Eastern Front, German Field Marshal von Hindenburg launches a Winter Offensive,
In France, the title of Marshal, or Maréchal, goes back at least to the 13th century.
hesitant and muddled, and nearly led to Marshal Davout’s corps being encircled.
Marshal Lannes’ death was a great blow to Napoleon and the army.
while several Marshals were irritated by his air of superiority and blunt manner.
Davout and Lefebvre were the only Marshals waiting to greet him at the Tuileries Palace.
Then on Marshal Lannes’ recommendation, Napoleon gave him command of Third Corps,
Napoleon made several dubious appointments in 1815: one was to pick Soult as his new
On their left flank Marshal Macdonald led Tenth Corps, with a large Prussian contingent…
In May, a confusing order to Marshal Ney contributed to his late arrival at
“I’ll show you that before I was a Marshal I was a grenadier, and still am!”
and saved only by the quick intervention of Marshal Ney, Eugène and Poniatowski.
In 1810, he joined Marshal Masséna for the invasion of Portugal, but deeply resented
Marshal Ney was among the most inspirational battlefield commanders in history: a born
who – in his eyes – had made him look foolish in front of the Emperor. Soult ignored the challenge.
But the ‘Iron Marshal’, as he was now known, was saving his men for what he knew lay ahead.
In 1804, Napoleon proclaimed a new empire, and Ney was made a Marshal.
Soult learned much from Lefebvre (a future fellow-Marshal), serving first as his chief
verged on an accusation of cowardice, and that evening the two Marshals nearly came to blows.
The invasion of Russia in 1812 was a test like no other for Marshal Berthier and his staff.
Worse, in 1805 he was effectively demoted, being given command of a division in Marshal
Later in 1809, Soult replaced Marshal Jourdan as King Joseph’s chief military advisor,
Like Marshal Ney, he initially opposed Napoleon’s return from exile, but saw which way the wind
including Napoleon’s chief of staff, Marshal Berthier – and perhaps even the Emperor himself.