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See also:COMTE See also:HENRI GRATIEN See also:BERTRAND (1773-1844)
, See also:French See also:general, was See also:born at See also:Chateauroux
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At the outbreak of the Revolution, he had just finished his studies, and he entered the See also:army as a volunteer
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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He did not return to See also:France until after Napoleon's See also:death, and then See also: |
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