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During his scouting for a crossing point along the Neman River Napoleon was reportedly tossed from his horse when a wild hair darted out of the grass in front of him. His Generals saw this as a bad omen. So what if it was even worse? What if instead of simply hopping back up and returning to horse unaffected Napoleon had fallen and broken his neck?