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...There’s a probably apocryphal saying that is attributed to Napoleon: “To understand the man, you have to know what was happening in the world when he was 20.”...
...The story that it was invented by Napoleon to fit into a particular back pocket in his troops’ uniform is undoubtedly apocryphal....
...Among them are Lord Thomas Cochrane, who in 1814 attempted to benefit from spreading false rumours of Napoleon’s death....
...In 1812, the central Belarusian town’s fortress defied a 12,000-strong detachment of Napoleon’s Grande Armée for four months on his retreat from Moscow. Things are different now....
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