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Great commanders of modern times and The campaign of 1815

Note 21 — Chapter VII · Napoleon—(continued).

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Napoleon’s exultation at his feats and those of his army was extravagant. “Ce qu’ils ont fait,” he wrote on 12th February, “ne peut se comparer qu’aux romans de chevalerie et aux hommes d’armes de ces temps où, par l’effet de leurs armures et l’adresse de leurs chevaux, un en battait trois ou quatre cents.”

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