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2 days ago · II Corps of Oudinot (37,000) crossed the Niemen and the Viliya to combat Peter Wittgenstein, who protected the road to St Petersburg. Oudinot didn't succeed in joining up with Macdonald and joined the VIth corps. For two months these corps kept Wittgenstein at a distance until the Second Battle of Polotsk.
2 days ago · In April, a French force under Charles Oudinot was sent to Rome. Apparently, the French first wished to mediate between the Pope and his subjects, but soon the French were determined to restore the Pope. After a two-month siege, Rome capitulated on 29 June 1849 and the Pope was restored.
4 days ago · General Nicolas Antoine Sanson's Massive Map of Russia which was prepared for Napoleon's Invasion of 1812 -- From the Library of General Nicolas Charles Oudinot. This is a very large engraved map of European Russia, bounded by the Caucasus in the south, the Gulf of Danzig in the west, the White Sea in the north, and the Ob River in the east.
3 days ago · Answer: Oudinot Nicolas-Charles Oudinot started as a private soldier in the Medoc Regiment. When the Revolution broke out he was elected Captain of a company of Bar-le-Duc volunteers.
4 days ago · Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was the most powerful man in Europe in the early 16th century, running a territory that sprawled across the continent and beyond, to the New World. But the man born in Ghent in 1500 and raised in Mechelen would abdicate in Brussels at the age of 55.
3 days ago · Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky; November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor. He was known for his roles in action films and his "granite features and brawny physique".
6 days ago · PALIKA's spokesman Charles Washetine, following the party's recent meeting, also called on voters to support the pro-independence candidates for the upcoming French general elections. More generally, it once again called for calm and for all remaining roadblocks to be lifted.
