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Napoleon invaded Russia with the largest army Europe had ever seen. As it advanced, the Russian army retreated, and by ...

Prior to his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, the French ruler gave the saber to one of his most trusted generals, ...

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He kept the sword by his side until 1815, when he gave it to his ally, Emmanuel de Grouchy, ahead of the fateful Battle of Waterloo. Once the sword was out of his possession, Napoleon spent the ...

The sword has been in Grouchy's family since 1815, the year of Napoleon's last defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. A second copy, identical to this one and also commissioned by Napoleon, is kept at ...

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The sword has been in Grouchy’s family since 1815, the year of Napoleon’s last defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. A second copy, identical to this one and also commissioned by Napoleon ...