and injuries Marbot endured 13 wounds and injuries during his service: A bayonet stab to the left arm, received while he was left stunned by the "wind" of a cannonball that had just flown through his bicorn hat, at the Battle of Eylau: 8 February 1807. A sword slash to the forehead at Ágreda: 1 November 1808. A gunshot through the upper body at the Siege of Zaragoza: 9 February 1809. A gunshot to the right thigh at the Battle of Essling: 22 May 1809. A gunshot to the left wrist at the Battle of Znaim: 12 July 1809. A sword slash to the face and a sword stab to the belly at the Battle of Casal Novo: 14 March 1811. A gunshot to the left shoulder at the Battle of Klyastitsy: 31 July 1812. A lance stab to the right knee at Plieščanicy: 4 December 1812. An arrow hit to the right thigh (fired by Russia's Bashkir horse archers) at the Battle of Leipzig: 18 October 1813. A lance stab to the chest at the Battle of Waterloo: 18 June 1815. A gunshot to the left knee at Médéa during the Algerian expedition: 12 May 1840. Literary works Publications In exile after Battle of Waterloo, Marbot returned to France in 1819 and wrote two books: Critical remarks on the work of Lieutenant-Général Rogniat, entitled: Considerations on the art of war (1820). On the necessity of increasing the military forces of France; means of achieving this in the most cost-efficient way possible (1825). The first publication was a reply to General Joseph Rogniat’s treatise on war, in which Marbot effectively contrasted the human factor in war with Rogniat’s pure theory. The second presented his recommendations for the future development of the French Armed Forces. Napoleon read the first publication while in exile on the island of Saint Helena. His aide-de-camp, General Henri-Gatien Bertrand recorded in his diary on 14 March 1821: In the evening, the Emperor handed me Marbot's book, [...] and said: "That is the best book I have read for four years. It is the one that has given me the greatest amount of pleasure. [...] He has expressed some things better than I did, he was more familiar with them because, on the whole, he was more of a Corps commander than I. [...] Throughout the book he never refers to 'the Emperor'. He wanted the King