handfuloftime: François Pils (1785-1867) was a grenadier who was attached to Oudinot from 180
handfuloftime: François Pils (1785-1867) was a grenadier who was attached to Oudinot from 1804 through 1814. Pils made sketches throughout the campaigns he fought in (his son, Isidore Pils, also became a painter), and several of his sketches and a few of his paintings are collected in his memoirs, Journal du marche du grenadier Pils, published in 1895. According to their captions, the images above are:Oudinot charging the Austrian gunners - Capture of the Vienna bridge, 14 November 1805The Emperor and Oudinot in danger on the island of Lobau - June 1809The surgeon Capiomont bandaging Oudinot on the battlefield of Wagram - 6 July 1809 The Duke of Reggio (Oudinot) determining the positions of troops for the battle of Oboiarszina - 3 a.m., 31 July 1812Marshals Oudinot and Victor on the road from Smoliany to Siemo - November 1812General Eblé restoring the courage of the men who, lying in the snow, have given up on crossing the Beresina - 28 November 1812Napoleon dining on his feet with Berthier, Ney, Oudinot, and Grouchy - Outskirts of Troyes, 5 February 1814 -- source link
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