Video: Lovely: Remains of French general who died in 1812 returned to France – My Comments

[This is a general who died during Napoleon's Russian invasion of 1812. Look at this. This is more than 200 years ago, this fine man's remains were returned to France. Look at the photo of him. He was a fine young man who was already a General! Jan]

You can watch the short video here: https://www.euronews.com/2021/07/13/remains-of-french-general-who-died-in-1812-returned-to-france

A departure ceremony is held in Moscow for the remains of a Napoleonic general Gudin who died in 1812 near Smolensk during the Russian campaign. The remains are being returned to France.

The general was found in 2019 thanks to Pierre Malinowski, a French historian and ex-military close to the far right and with support in the Kremlin.

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