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Napoleon Bonaparte. By Jacques Nemeth. Il s’appelle Napoleon Bonaparte Il est général et empereur Il a lutté conre les Anglais á Trafalgar le 21 octobre 1805 Il est de Ajaccio, Corse Il est ne le 15 août 1769 Il est mort le 5 mai 1821 Il est Corse .
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Napoleon Bonaparte By Jacques Nemeth
Il s’appelle Napoleon Bonaparte • Il est général et empereur • Il a lutté conre les Anglais á Trafalgar le 21 octobre 1805 • Il est de Ajaccio, Corse • Il est ne le 15 août 1769 • Il est mort le 5 mai 1821 • Il est Corse
Napoleon began his education at a boys school in Ajaccio. Then at the age of 10, he was allowed to enter French military schools for aristocrats and was sent with his older brother, Joseph, to the College of Autun in Burgundy, France. After 10 days on suspicion of treason and refusing to lead the Army of the West. In 1805, the British destroyed French naval power at the Battle of Trafalgar. Napoleon, however, was able to defeat Russia and Austria in the Battle of Austerlitz. In 1806, Napoleon’s forces destroyed the Prussian army; after the Russians came to the aid of Prussia and were defeated themselves, Alexander І of Russia, made peace at Tilsit in June 1807. After Sweden was defeated in 1808 with Russia’s help, only England remained to oppose Napoleon. On June 18, 1825, the combined British and Prussian armies defeated Napoleon. He returned to Paris and stepped down a second time on June 22 and was sent to exile on the island of St. Helena.