When Napoleon Escaped an Entire Navy Blockade

Описание: Imagine being so dangerous that Europe wrapped your tiny island in warships… and you still escaped.
In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte pulled off one of history’s boldest getaways. Exiled to Elba and watched by the British HMS Valiant and HMS Partridge, he wasn’t supposed to leave—ever.

But on February 26th, Napoleon boarded the small brig Inconstant with 600 loyal veterans, disguised the convoy as harmless coastal traffic, and slipped through a gap in the blockade while the British ships were out of position. Three days later, he landed at Golfe-Juan and began the legendary march that sparked the Hundred Days.

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