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October 28

Napoleon Bonaparte

Someone had tried to kill him during a troops' revist in Boulogne-sur-Mer for England's invasion. When it happened and by who? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.207.192.236 (talk) 15:54, 28 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

We have an artricle, Assassination attempts on Napoleon Bonaparte. This, however, does not seem to contain the attempt at Boulogne-sur-Mer. --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 17:02, 28 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Hmmm... Not finding anything to support that. Napoleon's Shield & Guardian: The Unconquerable General (pp. 112-116) gives a fairly detailed account of Napoleon's visits to Boulogne, but no memtion of any assassination attempt. It does mention a plot which was foiled in early 1804, allegedly involving Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien, who was abducted from Ettenheim by French gendarmes and cavalry and subsequently shot at the Château de Vincennes; however, there doesn't seem to be any connection with Boulogne. Alansplodge (talk) 17:05, 28 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(ec)Cadoudal landed 3 August 1803, but can't find anything connecting the conspiracy to the Boulogne camp. fiveby(zero) 18:11, 28 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Does the OP have a reason to think there was an assassination attempt in Boulogne-sur-Mer? DOR (HK) (talk) 21:48, 28 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]