Napoleonic Trivia #87 (2 Viewers)

[Grognard]

Back from European biz travelling! Two Napoléon's famous generals were born in the same town and same street. Who are they?

 

[Harper (aka Spitfrnd)]

Not sure on streets but Bertrand Bessières and Jean-Baptiste Bessières were both born in Prayssac. Jean-Baptiste was by far the more renouned and skillful, as well as a close friend of Napoleon.
Napoleon once said that he could have won at Waterloo if Bessières had been there.

 

[valmy33]

Hi Grognard,

César and Victor Berthier.

Have a nice WE

Faithfully
Valmy

 

[Harper (aka Spitfrnd)]

Claude Carra Saint-Cyr and Louis Gabriel Suchet were also both born in Lyon.

 

[Harper (aka Spitfrnd)]

Hi Grognard,

César and Victor Berthier.

Have a nice WE
Faithfully
Valmy

Well of course they were brothers but it is hard to think of Victor as one of Napoleon's 'famous' generals?

 

[valmy33]

Well of course they mère brothers but it is hard to think of Victor as one of Napoleon's 'famous' generals?

Yes, just famous by the name. Wait and see !
Faithfully

Valmy

 

[Grognard]

Thanks everyone for the answers but none of these are the 2 generals in question!

 

[Harper (aka Spitfrnd)]

Thanks everyone for the answers but none of these are the 2 generals in question!

You did say famous, right?

 

[valmy33]

The Colbert brothers

 

[Harper (aka Spitfrnd)]

Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle and Francois Étienne de Kellermann were both highly daring and skilled cavalry generals born in Metz. They were certainly both famous, as was Auguste-François-Marie Colbert, not so sure about his brother.

 

[valmy33]

Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle and Francois Étienne de Kellermann were both highly daring and skilled cavalry generals born in Metz. They were certainly both famous, as was Auguste-François-Marie Colbert, not so sure about his brother.

Maybe you're right, maybe not. Unfortunatly, the postman who dealt the mail in the street didn't write his memories. We're not helped.:smile2:

Wait and see for the second half time.
Faithfully
Valmy

 

[valmy33]

Other soluce Gérard and Loison -Damvillers Meuse

 

[Grognard]

You did say famous, right?

Correct and one of them is "very" famous. Hint: they are not related.

 

[Napoleon1er]

Jean Baptiste Kléber and François Christophe de Kellermann in Strasbourg?

 

[Grognard]

Jean Baptiste Kléber and François Christophe de Kellermann in Strasbourg?

Nope Sandor, sorry.

 

[Napoleon1er]

I have a nagging feeling one of them is Ney or Massena...

 

[Grognard]

I have a nagging feeling one of them is Ney or Massena...

Wrong feeling Sandor :wink2:

 

[Harper (aka Spitfrnd)]

Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle and Francois Étienne de Kellermann were both highly daring and skilled cavalry generals born in Metz. They were certainly both famous, as was Auguste-François-Marie Colbert, not so sure about his brother.

You never responded to this choice. Kellerman was born in Metz.

If those two are now right, Eugène Rose de Beauharnais and Emmanuel de Grouchy were both born in Paris.

 

[Grognard]

You never responded to this choice. Kellerman was born in Metz.

If those two are now right, Eugène Rose de Beauharnais and Emmanuel de Grouchy were both born in Paris.

No, they are not the ones in question. Additional hint: they are from the South of France.

 

[valmy33]

No, they are not the ones in question. Additional hint: they are from the South of France.

Hi Grognard,

Mistake

Faithfully
Valmy