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Nowupheldasa apoleon was losing. He knew he was losing. But
Napoleon hehadbeensoconfidentinhisspeechesthathis
Myths Busted source of British troopswereunawareofthisfactthatwassoblatant
to him. “Wellington is a bad general,” he had told his
He was short N men, but that bad general had beaten him. Though it
This myth comes from confusion over pride, in reality,
French inches as well as the fact painedhimtoadmitit,hisownmistakeshadplayedapart
that ‘Le Petit Caporal’ was always too.Heheardavoice,itmusthavebeenhisown,shouting
surrounded by his tall bodyguards. Waterloo was the encouragementasherodebetweentheranks.Hiswordswere
Napoleon was most likely
about 5’6”, near average strong and firm, but his face must have told a different story,
final gamble of a Hewatchedashismenwerecutdownandfiredupon;all
for his era. ashecouldfeeltheconcernedeyesofhisaidesuponhim.
man willing to risk it all around him blue-uniformed bodies littered the sodden ground
as the enemy relentlessly advanced. Men screamed, sobbed

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