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Jean-Martin Petit (22 July 1772 in Paris – 8 June 1856 in Paris) was a French General during the
Jean-Martin Petit (22 July 1772 in Paris – 8 June 1856 in Paris) was a French General during the Napoleonic Wars
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, partof = the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
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At the time of Napoleon's exile to Elba
Elba (, ; ) is a Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean island in Tuscany, Italy, from the coastal town of Piombino on the Italian mainland, and the largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago. It is also part of the Arcipelago Toscano National Park, a ...
in 1814, Petit was the commander of the elite Old Guard (France)
The Old Guard () was a formation of the French Imperial Army (1804–1815), French Imperial Army's Imperial Guard (Napoleon I), Imperial Guard. Consisting exclusively of veteran troops, it was the most prestigious formation in Napoleon's ''Grande ...
Napoleon, Andrew Roberts, p764.
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* Generals of the First French Empire Military personnel from Paris 1772 births 1856 deaths Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour {{France-mil-bio-stub