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Louis-Gabriel Suchet

    Louis-Gabriel Suchet was een Maarschalk van Frankrijk en een van Napoleons meest briljante generaals. Zijn militaire carrière begon als vrijwilliger in Lyon, waar hij militaire bekwaamheden toonde die hem een snelle promotie opleverden. Hij blonk uit in de Italiaanse en Zwitserse campagnes, waar zijn bekwame verdediging en initiatief in veldslagen, zoals de verdediging bij Genua, bijdroegen aan het succes van de Franse troepen. Suchet verwierf de reputatie van een uitzonderlijk capabele commandant, die niet alleen strategische overwinningen kon behalen, maar ook veroverde gebieden effectief kon besturen, zoals hij bewees in Spanje, waar hij de regio Aragón onder Franse controle bracht door zijn militaire moed en scherpzinnige administratie.

    Memoirs of the War in Spain, From 1808 to 1814; Volume 2
    Memoirs of the War in Spain, from 1808 to 1814; Volume 1
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      Memoirs of the War in Spain, from 1808 to 1814; Volume 12022
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