Note 56 — Chapter XVIII · THE VICISSITUDES OF ANTWERP

Napoleon thought that the expedition was wisely conceived, and that, if it had not been so foolishly executed, Antwerp might have been taken by a coup de main. As to the tactics of the English Generals, 'C'était le comble de la bêtise et de l'inhumanité,' he said (O'Meara, Napoleon at St. Helena, i., 238).