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Jean-Martin Petit

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Napoleon's farewell to the Imperial Guard in the Cheval-Blanc (White Horse) courtyard of the Palace of Fontainebleau.

Jean-Martin Petit (22 July 1772 in Paris – 8 June 1856 in Paris) was a French General during the Napoleonic Wars.[1]

At the time of Napoleons exile to Elba in 1814, Petit was the commander of the elite Old Guard (France)[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ Mullié 1852, p. 440.
  2. ^ Napoleon, Andrew Roberts, p764.

References

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  • Mullié, Charles (1852), "Jean Martin Petit" , Biographie des célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850