This battle always amazed me. The Prussians divided into a number of groups and fled. Napolean divided his army into a number of groups and pursued. Napolean was trying to reconverge on the Prussians. Ironically, however, the largest Prusssian group was engaged by a much smaller French group, but the French won! The only thing I can credit Napolean for was that his divisions moved very fast and acted with great initiative, hence creating a lot of "momentum", both in the physical and psychological sense (ala Leonhart). However, it seems likely that the French were also better company to company, man to man, etc. Anyone have any answers? Sorry for any innaccuracies. Anyone recommend a book that woudl answer this kind of question well about all of Napolean's battles? |