For over two centuries, no one has known the final resting place of one of Napoleon’s favorite generals, Charles-Étienne Gudin de La Sablonnière, who disappeared during the French invasion of Russia in 1812. Now, however, his body has been found in a park in Smolensk, one of the key cities that featured in the struggle. Tracking General Gudin’s grave was a joint operation by a team of Russian and French historians led by Pierre Malinowski, largely using historical records.