No fewer than forty-four.

>When a courtier who had not been on the campaign assumed ‘a very doleful air’ and remarked ‘We have, indeed, sustained a severe loss!’ [Napoleon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg) replied, ‘Yes, Madame Barilli is dead.’ His reference to the celebrated opera singer mocked his courtier’s obtuse statement of the obvious, but the horrors of the retreat from Moscow had affected Napoleon deeply – no fewer than forty-four of his household servants had died during it. _____________________________ **Source:** Roberts, Andrew. "Retreat." *Napoleon: A Life*. New York: Penguin, 2014. 634. Print. **Original Source Listed:** Rapp, *Memoirs* p. 24. ____________________________ **Further Reading:** [Napoleone di Buonaparte / Napoleon Bonaparte / Napoleon I](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon) [French Invasion of Russia – Retreat and Losses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_invasion_of_Russia#Retreat_and_losses)