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Summary
Cartoon shows Napoleon I, with winged shoes, running away from a battlefield on which there are several dead French soldiers; he carries a standard with a dead eagle hanging from the top. As he flees he looks back over his shoulder at an angle blowing a trumpet and carrying a banner listing other battles from which he has escaped.Many caricatures expressed the idea that Napoleon fled whenever his armies were close to defeat, saving himself while he left his soldiers to die. Because Napoleon's reputation rested on his courage and military prowess, it was important for Royalist caricaturist to debunk the myth of his bravery.Reference source: Clerc #100.
Geographic coverage: France
Subjects (LCSH): Political cartoons; History--Caricatures & cartoons; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815