Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 – 1821) is considered one of the best military strategists in all of history but, like everyone else in life, he also suffered setbacks, defeats... and a great humiliation .
Among the great setbacks we can mention the Russian campaign (1812) , as the most significant defeat the battle of Waterloo (1815) and his subsequent banishment to the island of Saint Helena, and as a great humiliation: the day he felt as insignificant as a carrot. .
Napoleon Bonaparte
With the signing of the Tilsit Treaty (1807) between Tsar Alexander I and Napoleon, the cessation of hostilities between Russia and France was agreed, they promised to support each other before their respective enemies and, more importantly, they shared the European cake. Good times were running and there were enough reasons for days off and celebration. So, Louis Alexandre Berthier , Chief of Staff of the Army and a personal friend of Napoleon, decided to entertain the emperor with a day of hunting. So that the day would be round, Berthier bought hundreds of rabbits and released them in the vicinity (just as they did to Franco with the trout and partridge ).
Napoleon stood in the front row to be the one who collected the most pieces, but something went wrong... The rabbits did not run away . They were domesticated and used to being fed by humans. They ran towards Napoleon and, like the plague, pounced on him looking for his food. The entire retinue that accompanied the emperor tried to "repel the aggression" but Napoleon had no choice but to get into his carriage and " flee from the battlefield «.