"The Bravest of The Brave"

1769 Januray 10 - Born at Sarrlouis (Moselle)
1787 February 12 - Enlisted in Colonel General des Hussards Regiment
1792 April 1 - Promoted regimental sergeant major
1792 October 29 - Commissioned as sublieutenant in the 5th Hussars
1794 April 12 - Elected captain; subsequently serves under Kleber
1794 October 15 - Appointed adjutant general brigade commander
1794 December 22 - Badly wounded in left shoulder at the siege of Maastricht
1796 August 1 - Promoted general de brigade after fall of Wurzbourg
1797 April 21 - Taken prisoner at Giessen by the Austrians
1799 March 28 - Promoted general de division
1800 December 3 - Fights at Hohenlinden under Moreau
1802 August 5 - Marries Aglaee Louise Aiguiee
1804 May 19 - Appointed Marechal d'Empire (twelfth in seniority)
1805 October 14 - Commands VI Corps at Elchingen
1806 October 14 - Commands VI Corps at Jena
1806 November 8 - Captures Magdeburg
1807 February 8 - Commands VI Corps at Eylau
1807 June 14 - Commands VI Corps at Friedland
1808 June 6 - Created duc d'Elchingen
1808 August 2 - Summoned to join l'Armee d'Espagne
1810 April 17 - Posted with VI Corps to l'Armee de Portugal
1810 July 10 - Captures Ciudad Rodrigo
1810 July 24 - Fights at the combat of the Coa
1810 September 27 - Commands VI Corps at Busaco
1811 March 23 - Dismissed by Massena for insubordination
1812 August 17 - Commands III Corps at Smolensk; wounded
1812 September 7 - Commands III Corps with distinction at Borodino
1812 November 3 - Given command of the rear guard during the retreat from Moscow
1813 March 25 - Created prince de la Moskowa
1813 May 2 - Commands III Corps at Lutzen
1813 May 20-21 - Commands French left wing at Bautzen
1813 October 18 - Severely wounded at Leipzig; returns to France
1814 April 4 - Leads group of Marshals to secure Napoleon's
abdication at Fontainebleau
1814 May 20 - Given command of the cavalry by Louis XVIII
1815 March 12 - Declares for Napoleon; joins him at Auxerre
1815 June 16 and 18 - Fights at Quatre-Bras and Waterloo
1815 December 7 - Shot by firing squad after trial by Court of Peers

Ney "Ney only got what he deserved. I regret him as a man very precious on bettlefield, but he was too immoral, too stupid to be able to succeed."
"He was good for a command of 10 000 men, but beyond that he was out of his dept".

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by Gipsy