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French general
Napoleon's farewell to the Imperial Guard in the Cheval-Blanc (White Horse) courtyard of the Palace of Fontainebleau.
Jean-Martin Petit (22 July 1772 in Paris – 8 June 1856 in Paris) was a French General during the Napoleonic Wars.
At the time of Napoleons exile to Elba in 1814, Petit was the commander of the elite Old Guard (France)
