Armand de Caulaincourt, Master of the Horse and Napoleon's left-hand man. Five foot eight inches tall, with a frank and honest appearance... liked and respected by all... an admirable officer, a military man through...," he was candidly against the war. Responsible for headquarters transports and the courier service, on campaign he rode immediately to the left of the Emperoor's carriage and, upon his exchanging it for one of his Arab greys, held his stirrup as he mountered. By the summer of 1812 this had become more than a ritual gesture.

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