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	MICHEL NEY - LoveToKnow Article on MICHEL NEY
		, duke of Elchingen, prince of the Moskowa (1769-1815), marshal of France, was born at Saarlouis on the 10th of January 1769.
		It was while there that, in the name of the army, he.begged Napoleon to declare himself emperor, arid on the establishment of the empire he was made marshal of France, and received the grand eagle of the Legion of Honor.
		corps of the Grand Army, and his great victory at Elchingen (for which in 1808 he was made duke of Elchingen) practically secured the surrender of the Austrians at Ulm.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /N/NE/NEY_MICHEL.htm (1482 words)

	Marshal of France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Frédéric Armand, Duke of Schomberg (1616-1690), Marshal of France in 1675
		André Masséna, Duke of Rivoli, Prince of Essling (1758-1817), Marshal of France in 1804
		Michel Ney, Duke of Elchingen, Prince of Moscow (1769-1815), Marshal of France in 1804
	www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Marshal_of_France (2454 words)

	Marshal of France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Louis Alexandre Berthier, Prince of Neufchatel and of Wagram, Duke of Valengin.
		André Masséna, Duke of Rivoli, Prince of Essling (1758 - 1817), Marshal of France in 1804
		Michel Ney, Duke of Elchingen, Prince of Moscow (1769 - 1815), Marshal of France in 1804
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marshal_of_France (5078 words)

	Michel Ney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However, Ney was not merely a hotheaded sabreur, he was also a skilled commander, peforming excellently at Elchingen (from which battle he later derived his ducal title) and arguably winning the Battle of Friedland for Napoleon.
		In addition to his military rank, Ney was created Duke of Elchingen on June 6, 1808 and Prince de La Moskowa on March 25, 1813.
		Proponents of this "theory" argue that Ney had masonic ties, including to the Duke of Wellington, who helped him fake his execution and flee abroad.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Michel_Ney (899 words)

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		He distinguished himself in the campaigns of 1794 and 1795, commanded the army of the Rhine briefly in 1799, seized Elchingen (1805), and conquered Tyrol.
		Ney's greatest feat was his defense of the rear in the retreat from Moscow in 1812.
		He was created Duke of Elchingen and prince of Moskowa by Napoleon.
	dl.lib.brown.edu /napoleon/ney.html (153 words)

	Ney Michel , duke of Elchingen, prince of Moskowa, Marshal (1804).
		Ney Michel, duke of Elchingen, prince of Moskowa, Marshal (1804).
		Ney does not have his similar to conduct the attacks.
		In Elchingen (October 14, 1805), he drives back the Austrians towards Ulm, victory which will be worth to him in 1808 the ducal title.
	ameliefr.club.fr /E-Ney.html (1103 words)

	Demi-Solde Press Gourgaud 1812
		The author, adhering rigidly to his system, figures to us the Emperor "advancing at a still slower pace than the day before, and so completely absorbed," that he did not know whither he was going, fortunately he was warned that he would fall into the hands of the enemy, on which he halted.
		Does the author believe in his error, or is it the echo of hatred and prejudice?
		To the Duke of Elchingen, to march his corps to Mojaisk, to-morrow.
	www.demisoldepress.com /gourgaud.htm (1039 words)

	Chapter Chapter 27 of War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
		Napoleon rode about the field, gazing with a profound air at the country, wagging his head approvingly or dubiously to himself, and without communicating to the generals around him the profound chain of reasoning that guided him in his decisions, conveyed to them merely the final conclusions in the form of commands.
		But to the proposal of General Compans (who was to attack the advanced earthworks), to lead his division through the forest, Napoleon signified his assent, although the so-called Duke of Elchingen, that is, Ney, ventured to observe that to move troops through woodland is risky, and might break up the formation of the division.
		After examining the nature of the country opposite the Shevardino redoubt, Napoleon pondered a little while in silence and pointed to the spots where two batteries were to be placed by the morrow for action against the Russian fortifications, and the spots where, in a line with them, the field artillery was to be arranged.
	www.bibliomania.com /0/0/52/96/19368/1.html (651 words)

	thePeerage.com - Person Page 11244
		She and Napoleon Ney, Duke of Elchingen were divorced in 1903.
		Napoleon Ney, Duke of Elchingen was born in 1870.
		Lady Caroline Mary Vane was the daughter of Sir William Henry Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland and Lady Catherine Margaret Powlett.
	www.thepeerage.com /p11244.htm (629 words)

	CHAPTER XII - THE CENT JOURS
		As long as the Duke lived his name was naturally the rallying-point of the Bonapartes, and was mentioned in some of the many conspiracies against the Bourbons.
		Davoust, Duke of Auerstadt, Prince of Eckmuhl, whose name should be properly spelt Davout, was one of the principal personages at the end of the Cent Jours.
		The Communists caught red-handed in the streets of Paris in 1870 died with hardly less formality than was observed at the death-scene of the Prince of the Moskowa and Duke of Elchingen, and the truth then became plain.
	www.globusz.com /ebooks/Napoleon15/00000012.htm (9236 words)

	Book 22, 1812
		The Duke of Belluno must always show the greatest respect for the King and the Prussian government; this may be carried to the point of affectation on all ceremonial and similar occasions.
		The staff is useless; not one of the officers does his duty properly, not the provost-general, nor the quartermaster.
		The Duke of Reggio arrived on the 23d, recaptured the city, and defeated the two Russian divisions that were there.
	www.napoleonic-literature.com /Book_22/1812.htm (5760 words)

	Chapter 41 - Ney
		In three months this war will be finished!" None of the other generals ventured to reply, but the duke of Elchingen shook his head, and with a dissatisfied look, said: "Sire, the way has lasted long already, and I cannot perceive like you that our affairs are much improved.
		But though the Duke of Elchingen had sagacity enough to augur any thing but success from the present impolitic struggle, he laboured as sedulously as if success were certain.
		That retreat, however, was a most brilliant one; and conferred as much honour on the Duke of Elchingen, who commanded the rear, as the proudest victory he had ever gained.
	www.napoleonic-literature.com /Book_23/Chapter41-Ney.htm (4071 words)

	First empire - Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Michel, Duke of Elchingen, Prince of the Moscova,
		In 1805 Ney went into the field at the head of the VI Corps.
		A Elchingen (October 14, 1805) he drove the Austrians back toward Ulm (Mack surrendered), a victory which earned him a ducal title.
	www.histofig.com /history/empire/personnes/france_ney_en.html (1356 words)

	Las Cases, Memorial de Sainte Hélène, volume 4, part 7
		Meanwhile, he despatched to the Emperor Alexander a deputation of Marshals, among whom was the Duke of Ragusa, one of those to whom he was most fondly attached.
		Alexander’s determination was shaken, and the party favourable to the Regency, seemed likely to prevail, when intelligence arrived of the defection of the Duke of Ragusa ; and this circumstance confirmed Alexander in his previous resolution.
		The army, of which I had intrusted that Chief with the command, was, from the number of its battalions, and the courage and patriotism of its troops, capable of defeating the corps of the Austrian army opposed to it, and advancing on the rear of the left flank of the enemy’s force that threatened Paris.
	yamaguchy.netfirms.com /lascases/v4_p7_04.html (12552 words)

	Napoleon's New Nobility quiz
		The new nobility of Napoleon consisted more often than not of men of humble origins, who became Marshalls and were adorend by the emperor with grandiose titles, as a rule named after battles in which they had merited their fame.
		For instance: this fellow was styled Duke of Elchingen and Prince of the Moskva.
		But this Duke of Vicenza was one of the few who stayed loyal to the Emperor.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=123928&origin= (578 words)

	Napoleon's Correspondence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The left wing, commanded by the marshal duke of Elchingen, and composed of 1st, and the 2nd corps of infantry and of 2nd of cavalry, occupied the positions of Frasnes.
		On the left, Marshal Ney marched on Quatre-Bras with a division which had fallen on an English division which was placed there, But, attacked by the prince of Orange with 25,000 men, part English, part Hanovriens in the pay of England, he pulled back on his position at Frasnes.
		There he engaged in multiple combats; the enemy endeavoured to force it, but in vain, the Duke of Elchingen awaited 1st corps, which arrived in the night; he restricted himself to hold his position.
	www.wtj.com /archives/napoleon/nap615ce.htm (2092 words)

	The Dubious Quick Kill, Part II
		Consequently, a penetrating wound delivered by a narrow blade may have little immediate effect upon the functionality of a muscle since all it does is separate slightly the fibers which compose the muscle as a whole.
		In a duel with the fencing master of the Chasseurs de Vintimille, Marshal Ney, the Duke of Elchingen is said to have wounded his adversary in this fashion.
		Despite these injuries, the Duke was able to inflict three wounds to his adversary, including one to the groin and another which penetrated the right side of the body clear through to the hilt.
	www.classicalfencing.com /articles/kill2.shtml (5823 words)

	NOBLE FAMILIES OF JEWISH ANCESTRY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Macdonald, Duke of Taranto, (according to the S-G the Macdonald family were originally of Jewish origin).
		Prince of Essling, Duke of Rivoli, married 1882 Paula, widow of the Duke of Elchingen, herself of Jewish birth (Heine-Furtado).
		Soult, Dukes of Dalmatia, descended from Marshal Soult, claimed to be of Jewish descent.
	chivalricorders.org /nobility/nobjews.htm (1651 words)

	Volume II - Chapiter 11 (...
		At that point, Mack gave up attempting to break through the knot that was about to strangle him, and tried instead to keep open the routes along which help could reach him.
		It was a day when Marshal Ney, leading the 6th Corps, gave proof not only of the daring that made him an incomparable leader of men, but also of the military prowess that enabled him to beat the Austrians in six successive engagements, of which the most important was the Battle of Elchingen.
		When Napoleon created the imperial nobility in 1808, he recognized Ney’s outstanding service by making him Duke of Elchingen.
	www.napoleonicsociety.com /english/Life_Nap_Vol2_Chap11_b.htm (898 words)

	Adversaries
		Not so much because he was the most brilliant of Napoleons Marshals (he was definitifely not) or because of his 'sobriquet' The Bravest of the Brave, but simply because emotionally speaking, I find him appealing: Born in Saarlouis and clearly of German descent and origines, he became a fervent Frenchman by choice.
		This was however the last breath of wind of a dying tornado.
		In streets and barracks, his Napoleonic title Duke of Ragusa inspired the new verb raguser - to cheat, sneak, betray.
	wellington15.tripod.com /adversaries.htm (2985 words)

	Prince de la Moskowa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The titles of Duc d'Elchingen and Prince de la Moskowa were created by Napoleon I for Marshal Michel Ney.
		Both were victory titles; Ney was created duc d'Elchingen in 1808, after the Battle of Elchingen, and prince de la Moskowa ("prince of Moscow") in 1813, after the Battle of Borodino outside Moscow.
		In 1814, Ney became a peer of France.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/P/Prince-de-la-Moskowa.htm (393 words)

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		Having listened to a suggestion from Davout, who was was now called Prince d`Eckmuhl, to turn the Russian left wing, wing Napoleon said it should not be done, without explaining why why not.
		To a proposal made by General Campan (who was was to attack the fleches) to lead his division through the the woods, Napoleon agreed, though the so-called Duke of Elchingen (Ney) Reference ventured to remark that a movement through the woods was was dangerous and might disorder the division.
		After a very brief silence, the merry–faced gentleman gentleman sent round the punch, and glancing slyly at the fastidious fastidious lady, who seemed desperately apprehensive that he was going to to relate something improper, began
	uk.geocities.com /swhite_661/Page000869.html (269 words)

	Ney, Michel, Duc D'elchingen, Prince De La Moskowa -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Under the monarchy, again restored, he was charged with treason, for which he was condemned and shot by a firing squad.
		Condé, Louis III, 6e prince de (6th prince of), Duc (duke) De Bourbon
		Condé, Louis-Henri, 7e prince de (7th prince of), Duc (duke) De Bourbon
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9055630 (893 words)

	Find in a Library: The bravest of the brave, Michel Ney, marshal of France, duke of Elchingen, prince of the Moskowa ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Find in a Library: The bravest of the brave, Michel Ney, marshal of France, duke of Elchingen, prince of the Moskowa 1769-1815
		The bravest of the brave, Michel Ney, marshal of France, duke of Elchingen, prince of the Moskowa 1769-1815
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	www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/3c68c5973960d0cf.html (90 words)

	Thiverval-Grignon (Municipality, Yvelines, France) # fahnenversand.de - Fahnen Flaggen Fahne Flagge Nationalflaggen ...
		The last Marquionness of Grignon, Madame de Brassac, sold the castle to Mr Auguie, whose daughter married in 1802 Marshal Ney, Duke of Elchingen and Prince of Moskwa (1769-1815).
		The domain was later bought by Marshal Bessières, Duke of Istria (1768-1813), whose widow sold it in 1826.
		King Charles X bought the domain and created there the Royal Agronomical Institute, later renamed Imperial Agriculture School (1852), National Agriculture School (1870), National Higher Agriculture School, and eventually National Agronomical Institute after the merging in 1971 with the National Agronomical Institute of Paris.
	www.fahnenversand.de /fotw/flags/fr-78-tg.html (765 words)

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		Entered the army as a private 1787, adjutant-general 1794, general of brigade 1796, general of division 1799, marshal 1804, Duke of Elchingen 1805, Prince of Moskwa 1812, and commanded the rear-guard in the famous retreat from Russia.
		I am not certain that my memory does not deceive me in leading me to put in this place a circumstance which shows the esteem in which the First Consul held the brave soldiers of his army, and how he loved to manifest it on all occasions.
		I was one day in his sleeping-room, at the usual hour for his toilet, and was performing that day the duties of chief valet, Hambard being temporarily absent or indisposed, there being in the room, besides the body servants, only the brave and modest Colonel Gerard Lacuee, one of the aides-de-camp of the First Consul.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/3/5/8/3580/old/nc13v11.txt (18221 words)

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		In Galicia, the French Generals put into place an administration coinciding with that of their new King Joseph mirroring the French government.
		So in Galicia the Duke of Elchingen, Ney, as commander of the French forces here ruled over the seven provinces of Galicia with its capital in Santiago, creating in the city a general council made up of representatives of the church, the nobility, and men of commerce.
		Don Manuel Sánchez Boado Fraguio, professor at the University of Santiago was named chief magistrate.
	www.euarchives.org /evidence/en_topics_1_5_4_2.inc (444 words)

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