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RMcNeely (mcneely@jawns.club)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jan-2024 08:56:32 JST RMcNeely
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@skyfaller this is wonderfully stupid thanks so much for sharing 😂

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  Nelson (skyfaller@jawns.club)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jan-2024 08:56:34 JST Nelson
  
  Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, was once defeated by an army of tame bunny rabbits. He was forced to flee the scene, his dignity in tatters. ("The Campaigns of Napoleon" by David G. Chandler, pp. 593-594)
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  1. For all its splendor, the Imperial Court had its moments of pure farce. There was, for instance, the famous rabbit shoot organized by the indispensable Berthier. Like a good staff officer, Alexandre had ensured that everything needful was provided. There were beaters, a sumptuous luncheon, regiments of gunbearers, and, most important of all, hundreds of rabbits specially imported for the occasion. However, one small point of detail had escaped poor Berthier’s attention; he had purchased tame rabbits instead of wild ones. Thus, when Napoleon advanced to do slaughter, his intended victims, mistaking him for the keeper who fed them their daily lettuce, with one accord began to race towards the startled Emperor. Vainly did the
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  2. equerries try to beat the tide back with their whips; with a finer understanding of Napoleonic strategy than most of his generals, the rabbit horde divided into two wings and poured round the flanks of the party and headed for the Imperial Coach. Taken en flagrant délit, Napoleon had no option but to beat a hasty and disgruntled retreat for Paris, but the coach had already started to move before the last furry invader had been flung from the window. Berthier never really lived down this incident; consequently when Napoleon at another shoot managed to wound Marshal Massena in the eye, the abashed chief of staff was induced to shoulder the blame. Indeed, the pleasures of the chase proved considerably more eventful and certainly more dangerous for senior personnel than many a battlefield.
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