Remains of Napoleonic general brought back to France from Russia
Charles Etienne Gudin de la Sablonniere lost a leg during a battle near the western Russian city of Smolensk in August 1812 and died of gangrene several days later.
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Men dressed as Napoleon-era fighters carry a coffin containing the remains of late French General Charles Etienne Gudin during an official ceremony. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP)
By NewVision Reporter
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The remains of a French general killed during Napoleon's disastrous Russia campaign returned to France on Monday 200 years after his death, the result of a lengthy hunt for his