Napoleon's trusted Maréchals. Napoleon only promoted his men by merit, not by their title, which gave him a formidable army during the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon at the Battle of Wagram, painted by Horace Vernet (1836). Behind him, Marshal Bessières is depicted being thrown to the ground after the death of his horse

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