General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_François_de_Malet" id="mwaQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Claude François de Malet">Claude François de Malet</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malet_coup_of_1812" id="mwag" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Malet coup of 1812">begins a conspiracy</a> to overthrow <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon" id="mwaw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Napoleon">Napoleon</a>, claiming that the Emperor died in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_invasion_of_Russia" id="mwbA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="French invasion of Russia">Russian campaign</a>.