Jean-Martin Petit
Appearance
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
[edit]- ^ Mullié 1852, p. 440.
- ^ Napoleon, Andrew Roberts, p764.
References
[edit]- Mullié, Charles (1852), , Biographie des célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850