Napoleon abdicated today, the 11th April, 1814. He had been ruler of 70 million people, 30 million of them French, the rest Spanish, Belgian, Dutch, some Italian and German. He had also ruled parts of Poland and Yugoslavia. Then he attacked Russia. After the disaster that was Russia he was outnumbered two to one by a coalition of Austrian, Prussian, Russians and Swedes at the battle of Leipzig, losing this battle. This too had come after the loss of Spain to Wellington(June 1813).
On the 31st March 1814 the Allies entered Paris. His Generals persuaded him to abdicate in favour of his 3 year old son. His 10 year Empire had come to a close.
He tried to poison himself on the 12th, but ended up vomiting and not dying. On the 29th he was on his way to exile on Elba.
He would return.
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@cystic:
hmmmm . . . Holstein cows . . . yummy . . . .
Tell me F_alk, what do these cows have over brown cows?… they come from my part of the world? :D :D
though i bet Ewok would prefer brown cows, with a red stripe around the ham ;)…and of course: two colors look better when the cow catches BSE and stumbles madly (that was mean, but just picture it ;) )…
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pretty funny F_alk. great graphic.
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LOL Falk good one, but actully id rather prefer Black cows with a red stripe on their arm. make em an SS cow not a SA cow ;)
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Awwwww… I wished I lived in Schleswig-Holstein! :) Black and White Cows are sooo cute! ^_^ Here in California good milk means happy cows. ^^
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Yeah, sure love that Californian cheese ;)
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and them California girls ;) hint hint Nuge nuge squint squint :wink: :wink:
:P
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uh… sure thing. :wink:
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@TM:
Awwwww… I wished I lived in Schleswig-Holstein! :) Black and White Cows are sooo cute! ^_^ Here in California good milk means happy cows. ^^
Well, should you (or your brother, or CC, or Yanny or whoever asks) ever go to europe, give me a call…
i bet i can manage to show you some happy cows :) -
@F_alk:
@TM:
Awwwww… I wished I lived in Schleswig-Holstein! :) Black and White Cows are sooo cute! ^_^ Here in California good milk means happy cows. ^^
Well, should you (or your brother, or CC, or Yanny or whoever asks) ever go to europe, give me a call…
i bet i can manage to show you some happy cows :)thanks man.
although i have few plans to make it to that end of Europe for a few years yet. Unless they breed well in POrtugal (i don’t remember seeing a single cow . . . horses and donkeys i saw, but no cows). -
@cystic:
thanks man.
although i have few plans to make it to that end of Europe for a few years yet. Unless they breed well in POrtugal (i don’t remember seeing a single cow . . . horses and donkeys i saw, but no cows).Well somewhere there must be cows… how could they make yummy Bifanas if they had no cows :)…
When will you go to Portugal?