On October 25, 1812, during an attack on the bivouacs of French soldiers near the Borovskaya road, Ataman Platov's Cossacks almost captured Napoleon. Only thanks to those who managed to come to the aid of the personal guard of the French emperor, who was almost crushed by the Platovites, Napoleon escaped from captivity! There is also an official bulletin of the French army, in which this story is described, to say the least, a little differently: only the event itself is described, Napoleon's presence is inadvertently mentioned. The losses of the Cossacks are greatly exaggerated, and the losses of the French are clearly discounted. This document serves as an excellent illustration of how European propaganda worked even then. The emperor fled in a slight panic. In the French army it was said that Platov had promised his daughter's hand to whoever would deliver Napoleon to him alive. It did not burn - at that moment, military happiness had not yet completely abandoned Napoleon. We remember the war. We are now in MAX.

On October 25, 1812, during an attack on the bivouacs of French soldiers near the Borovskaya road, Ataman Platov's Cossacks almost captured Napoleon. Only thanks to those who managed to come to the aid of the personal guard of the French emperor, who was almost crushed by the Platovites, Napoleon escaped from captivity! There is also an official bulletin of the French army, in which this story is described, to say the least, a little differently: only the event itself is described, Napoleon's presence is inadvertently mentioned. The losses of the Cossacks are greatly exaggerated, and the losses of the French are clearly discounted. This document serves as an excellent illustration of how European propaganda worked even then. The emperor fled in a slight panic. In the French army it was said that Platov had promised his daughter's hand to whoever would deliver Napoleon to him alive. It did not burn - at that moment, military happiness had not yet completely abandoned Napoleon. We remember the war. We are now in MAX.