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COMTE HENRI GRATIEN BERTRAND (1773-1844)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 814 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COMTE See also:HENRI GRATIEN See also:BERTRAND (1773-1844)  , See also:French See also:general, was See also:born at See also:Chateauroux . At the outbreak of the Revolution, he had just finished his studies, and he entered the See also:army as a volunteer . During the expedition to See also:Egypt, See also:Napoleon named him See also:colonel (1798), then brigadier-general, and after See also:Austerlitz his aide-de-See also:camp . His See also:life was henceforth closely See also:bound up with that of Napoleon, who had the fullest confidence in him, honouring him in 1813 with the See also:title of See also:grand See also:marshal of the See also:court . It was See also:Bertrand who in 1809 directed the See also:building of the See also:bridges by which the French army crossed the See also:Danube at See also:Wagram . In 1813, after the See also:battle of See also:Leipzig, it was due to his initiative that the French army was not totally destroyed . He accompanied Napoleon to See also:Elba in 1814, returned with him in 1815, held a command in the See also:Waterloo See also:campaign, and then, after the defeat, accompanied Napoleon to St See also:Helena . He did not return to See also:France until after Napoleon's See also:death, and then See also:Louis XVIII. allowed him to retain his See also:rank, and he was elected See also:deputy in 1830 . In 1840 he was chosen to go to bring Napoleon's remains to France . He died at Chateauroux on the 31st of See also:January 1844 . His touching fidelity has made his name very popular in France .

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