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Remains of Napoleonic general brought back to France from Russia / V000_9EX67Y
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The remains of a French general killed during Napoleon's disastrous Russia campaign have returned to France 200 years after his death, the result of a lengthy hunt for his grave by archeologists.
Charles Etienne Gudin de la Sablonniere lost a leg during a battle near the western Russian city of Smolensk in August 1812 and died of gangrene several days later. The remains were welcomed back by French Veterans Minister Genevieve Darrieussecq at the Bourget airport north of Paris, where an honour guard including volunteers wearing uniforms from the period carried the ornate white coffin. (COMPLETES VIDI9EW92X_EN, VIDI9EV9KX_EN) IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES
