Nicolas Oudinot
Nicolas Charles Oudinot, duc de Reggio (25 April 1767 – 13 September 1847) was a French general of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He is known to have been wounded 34 times in battle, being hit by artillery shells, sabres, and at least twelve bullets over the course of his military career. A Marshal of the Empire, he is best known for his contributions to the Napoleonic Wars with his famous grenadier division. Oudinot is one of the Names inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe, Eastern pillar Columns 13, 14.
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[edit]- Ah, how I loved them; I know full well I loved them! I led them all to death.
- Reminiscence in later life, reported in R. P. Dunn-Pattison, Napoleon's Marshals, 2nd ed. (London: Methuen & Co., 1909), p. 335
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