Editing Antoine Drouot (section)

==Assessment==
[[File:Arc_de_Triomphe_mg_6847.jpg|thumb|Western Pillars of the [[Arc de Triomphe]].]]

In his biography in ''[[Nouvelle Biographie Générale]]'' Ch. Héquet wrote "France was astonished in 1814 to learn, that she had possessed for a long time the best officer of artillery in Europe".{{sfn|Thomas|1892|p=791}}{{sfn|Héquet|1855|p=802}} Napoleon called Drouot ''le Sage de la Grande Armée'' (the sage of the Grand Army).{{sfn|Thomas|1892|p=791}}

Drouot is one of a select group who were present at both the [[Battle of Trafalgar]] (1805) and the [[Battle of Waterloo]] (1815).{{sfn|Summerville|2007|p=121}}{{efn|Accompanying Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo was, General [[Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel|Álava]] the Spanish ambassador to the Netherlands who had fought against the [[Royal Navy]] at Trafalgar,{{sfn|Summerville|2007|p=5}} and at least one battalion of French soldiers present at Waterloo had served as marines at Trafalgar.{{sfn|Cornwell|2015|p=42}} }} 

Drouot's [[Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe|name is inscribed]] on the western pillar under the [[Arc de Triomphe]].