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in 1813 Napoleon ordered Poniatowski and Macdonald's corps to cover his retreat from Leipzig. He may have thought the Poles and Germans/Italians which made up these units would soon abandon his cause anyway. Macdonald swam across the Elster, the wounded Poniatowski drowned.

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2021-10-19

en 1813, le prince 🇵🇱 Józef Commandant en Chef de l’Armée du Duché de Varsovie, le seul général étranger à avoir été élévé par à la dignité du maréchal d'Empire, a perdu la vie à la bataille de Liepzig, pendant qu'il protegeait la retraite 🇫🇷.

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2021-10-19

In 1809 Austria sprung at percieved French weakness and attacked France and its allies. Poniatowski only had 20,000 men (Poland's veterans were in Spain) to contend with a much larger and more experienced Austrian force. 5/9

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2021-04-13

in 1813: The final day of the Battle of Leipzig. Overwhelmed by enemy numbers, Napoleon concedes defeat. Newly minted Marshal Poniatowski, commanding the rearguard, is seriously wounded and drowns in an attempt to swim across the Elster.

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2020-10-19

Marshal Prince Józef Poniatowski. Somber, serious and brave, Poniatowski proved a skilled commander of Duchy of Warsaw forces in Napoleon’s campaigns. Napoleon made him a Marshal on the eve of the Battle of Leipzig in 1813, a battle he did not survive.

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2020-08-10

Born in 1732: King of Poland as (1732-98), lover of Empress

Portrait by Marcello (1731-1818), 1793

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2020-01-17

Poniatowski is one of my favorite marshalls, man he was a badass.
But sadly, the poor man drowned..

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2019-06-14