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An Army Of One

Posted By on Sep 29, 2012 | 14 comments

An army marches on its stomach. It's a saying accredited to Napoleon Bonaparte who was many things – a great leader, French, an Emperor, a supporter of voting for Pedro – but not, it seems, very good at anatomy. Generally in battle an army marches on its feet; it's faster for one thing. This, certainly, was the way in which Wellington instructed his troops to move when facing Napoleon at Waterloo. The French worm-like manoeuvres were distracting at best. Whilst they did present a smaller target to riflemen the position made them susceptible to being trod on by the stiletto-wearing (don't ask; long story) Dutch-Belgian army, allies alongside Wellington's British-German forces. It was this that did for the brigades under the control of Marshal Ney at La Haye Sainte and the rest of the battle is history.

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  5. Dennis Freeland

    September 29, 2012

    Whilst it must be true +Mark Hooper that anyone can only march on their feet, and then only very erratically  wearing stilettos; personally I will only march after strong coffee which has to filter through to my stomach and percolate upwards to my brain. 

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  6. Dennis Freeland

    September 29, 2012

    Whilst it must be true +Mark Hooper that anyone can only march on their feet, and then only very erratically  wearing stilettos; personally I will only march after strong coffee which has to filter through to my stomach and percolate upwards to my brain.

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