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Drouet, Jean Baptiste, Comte D'erlon
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Marshal of France, born at Rheims; distinguished in the wars of the Republic and the Empire; on Napoleon's return from Elba seized on the citadel of Lille, and held it for the emperor; commanded the first corps d'armée at Waterloo; left France at the Restoration; returned after the July Revolution; became governor of Algiers, and was created marshal (1765-1844).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Drouet, Jean Baptiste, Comte D'erlon'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/d/drouet-jean-baptiste-comte-derlon.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.