Chapter 88 The proportion of sixteen generals
The Battle of Waterloo is a mystery.It is ambiguous to winners and losers alike.To Napoleon it was terror, Blücher saw only artillery fire, Wellington was utterly bewildered.Just look at those reports.Communiqués are rambling, comments are pointless.Some people are naive, and some people are expecting.Jomini divided the Battle of Waterloo into four stages; The person who lived in each special link of the tragedy that occurred when the hero came into contact with Providence.Other historians are a little dazed, and groping in their daze.It was a day indeed, when all the kingdoms were shaken by the collapse of the belligerent despotism, and the horrors of the kings, and the fall of the mighty, and the retreat of militarism.
In that accident there was evidently a trace of divine intervention, and human power was insignificant.
Suppose we take Waterloo back from Wellington and Blücher, what will England and Germany lose?Will not.Neither the famed Britain nor the solemn Germany had anything to do with the Waterloo question.Thank God, the honor of the nation does not lie in cruel martial arts.Germany, Britain, and France are not represented by mere sword boxes.When Waterloo Swords Clash