Napoleon And Waterloo, the Emperor's Campaign With the Armée Du Nord, 1815; a Strategical And Tactical Study
The book Napoleon And Waterloo, the Emperor's Campaign With the Armée Du Nord, 1815; a Strategical And Tactical Study was written by author Becke, Archibald Frank, B. 1871 Here you can read free online of Napoleon And Waterloo, the Emperor's Campaign With the Armée Du Nord, 1815; a Strategical And Tactical Study book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Napoleon And Waterloo, the Emperor's Campaign With the Armée Du Nord, 1815; a Strategical And Tactical Study a good or bad book?
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The Marshal Prince of the Moskowa would have been able to dispose of some 45,000 men to hold back the Duke of Wellington's 67,000 ; and this bore a greater proportion to Wellington's strength, than the force which the Marshal had in hand at Quatre Bras on the evening of June 16. Further, Marshal Ney was a master in the art of rear-guard fighting, and of the tactics which it was necessary to display to compel an enemy to consume an hour of time in advancing over every mile of ground ; he would h...ave shone in this manoeuvre. Marshal Ney would have had to keep the essential in the problem before him ; he would have had to avoid rushing at the foe, or opening a precipitate retreat, or being drawn COMMENTS ON WATERLOO 151 into a general action. But he would have sought to gain his end by the employment of the most skilful rear-guard tactics. Meanwhile Napoleon would have moved off the remainder of the Armie du Nord, via Plancenoit and Maransart, and at Mousty, on the Dyle, he would have met Marshal Grouchy's detachment, whom he would have summoned thither.
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