Throughout history, encountering harsh and complex environments on the battlefield had been one of the most common things. Differences in geography and climate had created different weather conditions and terrain across the world. Desert and Gobi climates were extremely dry, desperately short of water, with no food to resupply from. During Napoleon's expedition to Egypt, they had even eaten dog meat.
But fighting in the desert was not actually the most terrifying thing. If one had to name the most difficult place to wage war, it would be the jungle.
The Pacific islands during World War II had all been meat grinders.
Compared with the French army that had come from afar, the Saint-Domingue guerrillas, familiar with the terrain, actually held the advantage. The only good thing was that most of Saint-Domingue had been developed into farmland, so it might be somewhat better than the Pacific islands.
There were almost no ordinary civilians living in jungles, especially primeval forests, and the damp rainforest would also make flintlock muskets unable to fire.
Taking all these conditions into account, even if the French won in the end, it would still be a pyrrhic victory.
Napoleon's rule had been built upon "dazzling victories." A pyrrhic victory could not stir the passions of the French, much less after the earlier failure of the Egyptian expedition.
Those attending the hunt were not only French and British. Georgiana noticed that, besides those who had followed the "King" on the hunt, there were quite a few people in the camp wearing foreign clothing, including people dressed in Southeast Asian attire.
Madame Lannes, temporarily serving as Georgiana's maid, explained that they were envoys from Batavia.
The draft peace treaty signed on October 10 had only reached preliminary agreements concerning territories such as Malta, Egypt, and the Cape of