French Personalities

Marshals, Generals, and Personalities of the French Army of the Napoleonics Wars. A great part of the success of Napoleon was certainly due to the quality of the French Marshalate and Officers whom he surrounded himself with. Great military minds such as Davout, fearless men such as the "bravest of the brave" Marshal Ney, and even the flamboyant Marshal Murat, the finest cavalry commander of the age, all played a crucial role in leading the Imperial French armies on their string of victories over the rest of continental Europe.