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Michel Ney
Michel Ney was a French soldier and one of Napoleon's marshals, created Duke of Elchingen in 1808 for his victory there in 1805 and later Prince of the Moskva for his part at Borodino. Famed for his courage in commanding the rearguard on the retreat from Moscow in 1812, he rallied to Napoleon during the Hundred Days and led the cavalry charges at Waterloo. He was tried for treason and shot in Paris in December 1815.
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