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 | | 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. |
 | | Much of his time in his last years was spent upon his Memoires, which are of great value for the military history of his time, though they must be read as a personal defence of himself in various junctures rather than as an unbiased account of his times. |
 | | 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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