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The '''Orsini affair''' was a series of bombings against Emperor [[Napoleon III]] committed by the [[Italy|Italian]] escaped rebel, [[Felice Orsini]], and his four accomplices. In fact, the attempt happened to be aided by experimental military inventions given by a mysterious figure called the "[[Oscar Kane|Magus]]." | The '''Orsini affair''' was a series of bombings against [[France|French]] Emperor [[Napoleon III]] committed by the [[Italy|Italian]] escaped rebel, [[Felice Orsini]], and his four accomplices. In fact, the attempt happened to be aided by experimental military inventions given by a mysterious figure called the "[[Oscar Kane|Magus]]." | ||
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The Orsini affair was a series of bombings against French Emperor Napoleon III committed by the Italian escaped rebel, Felice Orsini, and his four accomplices. In fact, the attempt happened to be aided by experimental military inventions given by a mysterious figure called the "Magus."
Preparations for the attack
The assassination plot was directly aided by the Irish Assassin-turncoat Oscar Kane, who used the alias "Magus" and released Felice Orsini from prison in Italy.[1] In 1857, weeks before the attack, Kane gave plans for his bomb casings to a third party, who gave it to two industrial workers and to ship them to Bousquet-Lang in Paris by the end of December. However, their planning was found out by the acrobat, Pierrette Arnaud, who realized the casings being the same model of Ada Lovelace's notes.[2] The casings were later delivered to the warehouse of Bousquet-Lang, a warehouse, where the buyer came and took them.[3]
The bombings
On the day, the buyer took a suitcase towards the theater opera of Rue le Peletier as Arnaud tracked him there.[3] Atop the theater opera, the Assassin Simeon Price stood above and waited for the emperor to arrive. However, once the emperor's carriage halted, a bomb went off. The bomb wounded multiple bystanders and horses, while barely injuring the emperor and his wife. While Price regained his footing, Arnaud chased a bomber above some scaffolding. Pierrette disarmed the bomber, who let go of the second bomb, which was later caught by Price. However, Simeon became injured as the bomber injured and left Arnaud unconscious.[4] However, two more bombs were able to go off against the emperor but fortunately the emperor and his company survived.[3]
Aftermath
The next day, Felice Orsini and his accomplices were arrested for their attempt against Napoleon III.[3] Yet, due to some of Orsini's accomplices being from England, the French public and government held England partly responsible for the attack against their ruler. Thus, the English government enforced harsher laws on its people as a result.[5]
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References
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Magus Conspiracy – Chapter 13
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Magus Conspiracy – Chapter 14
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Magus Conspiracy – Chapter 16
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Magus Conspiracy – Chapter 15
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Magus Conspiracy – Chapter 18