The Memoirs of Baron de Marbot, Volume II: Late Lieutenant General in the French Army
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Baron Jean Baptiste Antoine Marcelin de Marbot, G. d. D., & Baron Jean Baptiste Antoine Marcelin de Marbot, G. d. D. (2010). The Memoirs of Baron de Marbot, Volume II: Late Lieutenant General in the French Army . Wagram Press.

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Baron Jean Baptiste Antoine Marcelin de Marbot, Général de D and Général de D|AUTHOR Baron Jean Baptiste Antoine Marcelin de Marbot. 2010. The Memoirs of Baron De Marbot, Volume II: Late Lieutenant General in the French Army. Wagram Press.

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Baron Jean Baptiste Antoine Marcelin de Marbot, Général de D and Général de D|AUTHOR Baron Jean Baptiste Antoine Marcelin de Marbot. The Memoirs of Baron De Marbot, Volume II: Late Lieutenant General in the French Army Wagram Press, 2010.

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Baron Jean Baptiste Antoine Marcelin de Marbot, Général de D, and Général de D|AUTHOR Baron Jean Baptiste Antoine Marcelin de Marbot. The Memoirs of Baron De Marbot, Volume II: Late Lieutenant General in the French Army Wagram Press, 2010.

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