Why Was Napoleon Attacked by a Rabbit?

Napoleon, known as the greatest military commander in history This event is not heard much, but history remembers this event a lot.

He defeated the whole world and was defeated by rabbits. if it’s word of mouth Let’s see what the real story is.

The event that broke the cord was when Napoleon invited his entourage to a party…

1807’de between France and Russia and the diplomatic success achieved with the Battle of Friedland and the Peace Treaty of Tilsit, which resulted in Napoleon’s victory, showed that Napoleon’s power was at its peak. To celebrate this great victory, Napoleon decided to organize a magnificent hunting party. However, this celebration would turn into an unexpected tragicomedy.

Napoleon, consul general for the organization of the hunting party He appointed Alexandre Berthier. Berthier purchased more than 3,000 rabbits from farmers. These rabbits were placed in specially prepared cages for hunting by Napoleon and his distinguished guests. But there was something he missed: These rabbits are not hunting rabbits; They were domesticated rabbits familiar to humans.

This clumsy behavior of Berthier caused this plan to fail.

When the rabbits were released, the doors of disaster were opened. These domesticated rabbits had become aggressive because they had been starving for days and had started an invasion. thousands of rabbitssurrounded Napoleon and his guests in two groups. Although this situation seemed quite funny to everyone at first, it quickly turned tragic.

The rabbits were attacking so much because of hunger that People were forced to fall to their knees. Although Napoleon tried to use guns to repel the rabbits that were gnawing at the clothes one by one, he found the solution in running away because it would be very difficult to hit them.

He managed to escape the scene by throwing the rabbits out of the car windows.

Berthier was not punished after this tragicomic incident. However We cannot say the same for Napoleon. Because this incident was a shameful experience that will go down in history.

This event is for everyone, Napoleon, the great commander who brought the world to its knees It continues to be remembered as an entertaining story in which he talks about being defeated by rabbits.

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