Macsporan
Banned
Probably the greatest mistake Napoleon made during the Hundred Days was his choice of personel.
He decided to take with him Ney, an emotionally unstable burnout with heaps of guts and almost no brains, Grouchy, totally incompetent, and Soult who as Chief of Staff wrote orders in fluent gibberish.
It didn't have to be this way. There were actually better people available.
What say that Nap has lucid moment some time in May 1815, becomes reconciled to Murat, invites Berthier home and sends the three above mentioned duds off to administrative positions and minor commands?
Bony invades Belgium with Davout as his chief field commander, Suchet in charge of the left wing (the one heading for Quatre Bras), Berthier as Chief of Staff and Murat at the head of the cavalry.
What happens next?
He decided to take with him Ney, an emotionally unstable burnout with heaps of guts and almost no brains, Grouchy, totally incompetent, and Soult who as Chief of Staff wrote orders in fluent gibberish.
It didn't have to be this way. There were actually better people available.
What say that Nap has lucid moment some time in May 1815, becomes reconciled to Murat, invites Berthier home and sends the three above mentioned duds off to administrative positions and minor commands?
Bony invades Belgium with Davout as his chief field commander, Suchet in charge of the left wing (the one heading for Quatre Bras), Berthier as Chief of Staff and Murat at the head of the cavalry.
What happens next?