Yes, yes, this is no joke: in 1807, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte of France organized a rabbit hunt - and himself became the “victim” of the attack.
After the signing of the Peace of Tilsit, Napoleon and his generals decided to celebrate the victory. Minister Alexander Berthier organized a hunt - the matter seemed simple: a few hundred rabbits will be released, and the great commander and his comrades will heroically shoot them. However, Berthier bought not wild, but domestic rabbits ... and when they were released, they did not scatter, and ran straight at the Emperor, thinking that he came to feed them.
According to eyewitnesses, the rabbits surrounded Napoleon, jumped on his boots and even in the carriage. Soldiers in a panic tried to disperse them, but the furry army was too persistent. The emperor retreated. The rabbits won.
