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Saint-Cyr, Laurent Gouvion, Marquis de

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Marshal of France, born at Toul; joined the army in 1792, and in six years had risen to the command of the French forces at Rome; fought with distinction in the German and Italian campaigns, and in the Peninsular War; won his marshal's baton during the Russian campaign of 1812; was captured at the capitulation of Dresden in 1813, much to the regret of Napoleon; created a peer after the Restoration, and was for some time Minister of War; wrote some historical works (1764-1830).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Saint-Cyr, Laurent Gouvion, Marquis de'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/saint-cyr-laurent-gouvion-marquis-de.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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