Raimond-Emery-Philippe-Josephe de Montesquiou, Duke of Fezensac, wrote that "people were shocked to see the Emperor entertaining at the Tuileries [because it] was an insult to public grief and revealed a cruel insensitivity to the victims [of the retreat of 1812]."
Emperor Napoleon had been conquering lands and had also taken over Russia. But then the retreat from Moscow in the year 1812 would become one of the most devastating events of his leadership which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of his men.
- Raimond-Emery-Philippe-Josephe de Montesquiou, Duke of Fezensac, wrote in his journal about the 1812 retreat.
- In it, he also mentioned how many soldiers had told him stories about the devastating death and misery that the people faced in Moscow.
- But amidst all these, the Emperor seemed to have continued with celebrating the carnival, entertaining at the Tuileries.
- He said "In the midst of the general consternation people were shocked to see the Emperor entertaining at the Tuileries. It was an insult to public grief and revealed a cruel insensitivity to the victims."
This is suggestive of how insensitive the Emperor seems to be, celebrating and enjoying while hundreds of his men were dead during the Moscow retreat. This led to a shocking reaction from the people about the Emperor's actions.
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