Napoleon's best marshals
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The Top Twenty French Cavalry Commanders:
#8 General Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes
By Terry J. Senior
General Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes was one of the most loyal of Napoleon's officers.
He was a highly skilled horseman and a gifted commander.
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Born of bourgeois parents Jean-Claude Lefebvre and his wife Mlle A Leduc, in the Pont Neuf district of Paris where his father ran a drapery business and as such, was a supplier to the French army.
Born in 1773 he originally enlisted in December 1789 but twice his parents purchased his release.
The third time, they conceded defeat and he embarked on what was to prove a highly successful career.
He made steady progress through the ranks and saw action in Belgium in 1798 and later Marengo, and a whole series of important conflicts across the length and breadth of Europe, right up to Waterloo.
He was made ADC to Napoleon when he became Premier Consul.
He was promoted to General-de-Brigade in 1806, and General-de-Divisi