Whoops. Once more, without the myriad typos.
#7 Um...I believe that was Hannibal. In the Second Punic War, which took place from about 218 B.C. to 201 B.C. Napoleon's rise to power culminated in a coup in 1799, and five years later, he convinced the French Senate to declare him emperor of smelly cheese land. He waged various battles and wars, but none that I can recall which involved elephants.
Napoleon's world began to crumble around him after a failed attempt at invading Russia in 1812, after which, the retreat back to France was rendered difficult (to say the least) by those pesky Ruskies burning possible food sources and vegetation behind Napoleon and his advancing troops, and the retreat being attempted during a particular harsh winter.
Napoleon's downfall was finalized in 1815, with the defeat of him and his army at Waterloo. Napoleon was essentially banished to an island (pretty light punishment for all the hell on Earth he created), where he eventually died six years later. Claimed cause of death was trampling by elephants. Naw, just wondering if anyone is still reading. It was supposedly stomach cancer, but some have long hypothesized that he was poisoned, possibly by one of his own countrymen.
Napoleon reportedly did consider Hannibal a brilliant war strategist, although taking the elephants and troops from Carthage (part of what is now Spain, I believe) took a toll on Hannibal's army. The encountered foes along the way, fighting some (chiefly the Gauls) and building allies with others. Crossing three sets of mountains allowed him to sneak in behind the Romans, but then some of them went down to Carthage before Hannibal could get back there, and sacked the place.
Of course there is a lot more to it, but suffice it to say that Hannibal was separated from Napoleon by roughly a millennium and a better success rate than Napoleon, quite possibly because of Napoleon's legendary ego and impatience.
