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 | | The acquaintance ripened into intimacy; Marmont became General Bonapartes aide-decamp, remained with him during his disgrace and accompanied him to Italy and Egypt, winning distinction and promotion to general of brigade. |
 | | In 1799 he returned to Europe with his chief; he was present at the coup detat of the 18th Brumaire, and organized the artillery for the expedition to Italy, which he commanded with great effect at Marengo. |
 | | They show Marmont, as he really was, an embittered man, who never thought his services sufficiently requited, and above all, a man too much in love with himself and his own glory to be a true friend or a faithful servant. |
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