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Antoine Drouot was born at Nancy (Rue Saint Thiebault) January 11, 1774 to a family of poor but honest bakers; he was the third of twelve children.
The soul of Antoine Drouot was greater than the events in which Providence had placed him, from the artisan's shop of his father to the throne of the Emperor, to the camp of the conqueror, to the exile of a head of state, to the death of a beloved friend.
General Drouot at Elba [7] was on the brink of marrying Mademoiselle Henriette Vantini, daughter of Chamberlain Vantini.
www.napoleon.org /en/reading_room/articles/files/drouot_juillet_wheeler.asp   (6695 words)

  
  Antoine Drouot
Comte Antoine Drouot was one of Napoleon's generals (born Nancy, 1774 - 1847).
The son of a baker, he trained as an artilleryman and took part in the battles of the French Revolution where he rose through the ranks.
He was with Napoleon during his exile to the island of Elba, and during his brief comeback known as the hundred days.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/an/Antoine_Drouot.html   (108 words)

  
 General Antoine Drouot
Nicknamed the Sage of the Army, Drouot was considered by all to be an upright, honest man. A model of discipline, Drouot shaved every morning with whatever was at hand, often just cold water and using a mirror he hung on an artillery gun's wheel.
As an expert of gunnery, Drouot was on board the Indomptable during the Battle of Trafalgar.
Before the Battle of Waterloo, Drouot recommended that the start of battle be delayed so that the ground could dry and allow the artillery to be better positioned.
www.napoleonic-officers.net /web/officers/D/drouot.html   (229 words)

  
 Newspaper Accounts of the Trial a General Jean Baptiste Drouot: 18 August 1815 - 12 April 1816
The examinations of General Drouot, taken in the prison of the Abbaye, and two editions of a proclamation, countersigned Drouot, the first published in the Moniteur of March 21, 1815, and the second printed as a placard, and differing in some respects from the former, were then read.
General Drouot, with his eyes suffused with tears, and so affected as to be, for the moment, deprived of utterance, obtained, through the medium of M.Girod, permission to reply in writing.
As soon as the King learned the acquittal of General Drouot, his Majesty declared that it was not his wish that the public prosecutor should enter an appeal for the revision of the judgement.
www.napoleon-series.org /research/biographies/c_drouottrial.html   (1927 words)

  
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August 1808 Antoine Drouot of the 3e Regiment was appointed as Major of the newly formed regiment, which was still a paper organisation.
December that Drouot was proclaimed commander of the regiment d’artillerie a pied de la Garde.
Drouot and the companies raised in Spain did not leave for France until the regiment had taken part in the operations against General Moore at Corunna.
www.artillerieapied.co.uk /LGIpage8.htm   (2865 words)

  
 Napoleon's Artillery (Foot & Horse Artillery, Engineers)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Antoine Drouot was born at Nancy on January 11, 1774 to a family of bakers; he was one of 12 children of Claude Drouot.
Antoine Drouot had quick mind and was one the most remarkable artillerists the world has ever produced.
Drouot was a man of honesty, modesty and faithfulness and always carried a Bible with him.
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