Annals of adding insult to injury: in 1814, as Napoleon was being led to his first exile in Elba, a French mob attacked him, and he had to be smuggled to safety by disguising him in an Austrian military uniform - the uniform of one of his longest-standing enemies.
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Napoleon to his stepson Eugene, whom he had put in command of one of his armies in Italy: "I am sorry to see you have no notion what war is or how to carry it out."
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Replying to @baseballcrank
He was a blunt man, to be sure. Didn't even really beat around the bush in his love letters.
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