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Remains of Napoleon's One-Legged General Found Under Russian Dance Floor
LiveScience by Yahoo ^
| July 12, 2019
Posted on 07/12/2019 12:18:24 PM PDT by NorseViking
An excavation in a peculiar place — under the foundation of a dance floor in Russia — has uncovered the remains of one of Napoleon Bonaparte's favorite generals: a one-legged man who was killed by a cannonball more than 200 years ago, news sources report.
Gen. Charles Etienne Gudin fought with Napoleon during the failed French invasion of Russia in 1812. On July 6 of this year, an international team of French and Russian archaeologists discovered what are believed to be his remains, in Smolensk, a city about 250 miles (400 kilometers) west of Moscow, according to Reuters.
After his death at age 44 on Aug. 22, 1812, Gudin got star treatment. His name was inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, his bust was placed at the Palace of Versailles, a Paris street was named after him and, as a sentimental gesture, his heart was removed from his body and placed in a chapel at the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. [Photos: Archaeologists Excavate Battlefield from Napoleonic Wars]
The researchers said that several clues suggested that the skeleton they found under the dance floor belongs to Gudin, who had known Napoleon since childhood. Both men attended the Military School in Brienne, in France's Champagne region. Upon hearing of Gudin's death, Napoleon reportedly cried and ordered that his friend's name be engraved on the Arc de Triomphe, according to Euronews.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Russia
KEYWORDS: belongsinchat; charlesetiennegudin; chat; godsgravesglyphs; military; napoleon; notnews; russia
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To: NorseViking
“After his death at age 44 on Aug. 22, 1812, Gudin got star treatment”
I’m sure he’d be floored to know this. :)
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posted on
07/12/2019 12:19:49 PM PDT
by
Frapster
("Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning.")
To: NorseViking
Someone had a sense of humor.
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posted on
07/12/2019 12:24:43 PM PDT
by
Track9
To: NorseViking
I knew where it was all along - I pegged it!
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posted on
07/12/2019 12:25:56 PM PDT
by
Dacula
To: NorseViking
The Russians danced on his grave ever since.
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posted on
07/12/2019 12:30:30 PM PDT
by
sevlex
To: NorseViking
Sure made two-steppin’ kinda awkward for the poor fella...
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posted on
07/12/2019 12:30:36 PM PDT
by
polymuser
(It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Noel Coward)
To: Dacula
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posted on
07/12/2019 12:31:05 PM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: Frapster
Too bad ‘Great Balls of Fire’ wouldn’t be written for another 145 years.
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posted on
07/12/2019 12:32:21 PM PDT
by
Textide
(Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
To: NorseViking
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posted on
07/12/2019 12:32:26 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
To: NorseViking
[a one-legged man who was killed by a cannonball]
Man....
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posted on
07/12/2019 12:42:13 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: NorseViking
Why under a dance floor? I’m stumped.
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posted on
07/12/2019 12:47:08 PM PDT
by
polymuser
(It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Noel Coward)
To: polymuser
I have no idea. Nothing about it in the article.
To: polymuser
In prior times, the building was a brothel
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posted on
07/12/2019 12:49:27 PM PDT
by
bert
( (KE. NP. N.C. +12)There were Democrat espionage operations on Republican candidates)
To: SaveFerris
You know in Wyoming you can’t hang a man with a wooden leg.
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posted on
07/12/2019 12:51:56 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Nope...ya gotta use a rope!
Da dum...tush!
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posted on
07/12/2019 12:52:43 PM PDT
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polymuser
(It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Noel Coward)
To: bert
“In prior times, the building was a brothel.”
Alright...here we go!
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posted on
07/12/2019 12:54:01 PM PDT
by
polymuser
(It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Noel Coward)
To: NorseViking
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posted on
07/12/2019 12:54:57 PM PDT
by
polymuser
(It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Noel Coward)
To: NorseViking
Have your heard of people who dance the “cha cha”? General Gudin danced the “cha.”
To: NorseViking
I knew there’d be ass-clownery on this thread.
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posted on
07/12/2019 12:58:11 PM PDT
by
AAABEST
(NY/DC/LA media/political industrial complex DELENDA EST)
To: NorseViking
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