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Soldiers of my Old Guard: I bid you farewell. For twenty years I have constantly accompanied you on the road to honor and glory. In these latter times, as in the days of our prosperity, you have invariably been models of courage and fidelity. With men such as you our cause could not be lost; but the war would have been interminable; it would have been civil war, and that would have entailed deeper misfortunes on France. I have sacrificed all of my interests to those of the country. I go, but you, my friends, will continue to serve France. Her happiness was my only thought. It will still be the object of my wishes. Do not regret my fate; if I have consented to survive, it is to serve your glory. I intend to write the history of the great achievements we have performed together. Adieu, my friends. Would I could press you all to my heart.

Answer 1

This speech was said by Napoleon Bonaparte on April 20, 1814, after he failed to invade Russia.

Step-by-step explanation:

Napoleon, in fact, had a very large and powerful reign, being feared throughout Europe. Amid so many conquests, a defeat ended his reign, the defeat in invading Russia in 1814.

There are many reasons that Napoleon wished to invade Russia, among which we can mention Russia's non-accession to participate in the continental blockade against England, Russia's alliance against Sweden and even the refusal of the marriage proposals he made for two Russian princess.

Indeed, the attempted invasion of Russia was the bloodiest battle that Napoleon and his army faced, but that battle massacred the French army withdrew the faith of the population in Napoleon and ended his reign.