In fact, as we shall see, the action at Quatre Bras did deliver some significant strategic success for the French, but for the soldiers who fought there it felt like a defeat, and the strategic success it brought fell well short of
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“Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears, our faith triumphant o’er our fears, are all with thee – are all with thee!”
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“This soldier, I realized, must have had friends at home and in his regiment; yet he lay there deserted by all except his dog. I looked on, unmoved, at battles which decided the future of nations. Tearless, I had given orders which brought death to thousands. Yet here I was stirred, profoundly stirred, stirred to tears. And by what? By the grief of one dog.'
Napoleon Bonaparte, on finding a dog beside the body of his dead master, licking his face and howling, on a moonlit field after a battle. Napoleon was haunted by this scene until his own death.”
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Napoleon Bonaparte, on finding a dog beside the body of his dead master, licking his face and howling, on a moonlit field after a battle. Napoleon was haunted by this scene until his own death.”
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THE NAPOLEONIC WARS
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A chance to discuss books covering the Napoleonic Wars. How sleep the brave, who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with ...more
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