"All I need are a few good men." -Marshal Ney 1812
"All I need is to fall for the old feint retreat trick," -Marshal Ney 1815
Twenty Goodmen
>>1000969
"It's over blucher, I have the high ground"
"It was truly a Kingdom of Heaven Director's Cut"
Fucking really?
>>1000996
>Come see how a marshal of France dies!
>Marshall Ney, 1815
The answer is "Six months later in front of a firing squad, by the way".
Jesus, I feel bad for shitting on Ney so much.
>his lawyer Dupin declared that Ney was now Prussian and could not be judged by a French court for treason as Ney's hometown of Sarrelouis had been annexed by Prussia according to the Treaty of Paris of 1815.
>Ney ruined his lawyer's effort by interrupting him and stating: "I am French and I will remain French".
>"Soldiers, when I give the command to fire, fire straight at my heart. Wait for the order. It will be my last to you. I protest against my condemnation. I have fought a hundred battles for France, and not one against her ... Soldiers, fire!"
>>1001203
Is there a single man more based than Ney?
>>1001013
Go away Ramsey
>>1001278
Lannes, Murat or Moncey
>>1001406
No Lasalle?
>>1001433
You're right, Lasalle is absolutely based
Was Napoleon really talented himself, or was he just a charismatic and audacious man that got a streak of luck and some exceptional men as underlings ?
>>1002469
He was very talented and had some exceptional men beside him (as well as some incompetents)
>>1002469
He wouldn't have chosen that men if he were have not being talented himself. Only talent appreciates talent.
>>1000969
All he needed was 7,000 good men
>Napoleon left Moscow on October 19th with roughly 100,000 men. On November 3 it began to snow, and Napoleon gave Ney command of the 6,000 man rearguard.
>Throughout the retreat, Ney’s energy and courage were equaled by his tactical ingenuity. Musket in hand, he led countless charges.
>The retreat went on and on, and eventually, Ney had only 100 men left. With these, Ney and General Gerard held the bridge at Kovno while it was being destroyed. Imperial Guardsman Jean Coignet described what happened. “Marshal Ney kept the enemy at bay by his own bravery. I saw him take a musket and five men and hold the bridge at Kovno. The country should be glad it has such a man.
>And so, on December 13th, the skeletal remains of the Grand Armee left Russian soil. The last man to cross into East Prussia was Michel Ney.
Michel "Send your cavalry to the cemetery" Ney
>>1003208
>Imperial Guardsman Jean Coignet described what happened. “Marshal Ney kept the enemy at bay by his own bravery. I saw him take a musket and five men and hold the bridge at Kovno. The country should be glad it has such a man.
All he needed was 5 good men
>>1005400
How does it compare to the dairies of Sergent Bourgogne?
>>1006447
I have not fully read Sergeant Bourgogne's accounts, but I think that it focuses mainly on an indepth view of the 1812 campaign, whereas Coignet was a veteran of every campaign and wrote about it, so it suppose that it is more broad.
Daily reminder that Ney was cowardly executed as a filthy traitor
>>1006867
His death was more honourable than the survival of the other marshalls.
"the bravest of the brave"
>>1006867
Last Words:
>Soldiers, when I give the command to fire, fire straight at my heart. Wait for the order. It will be my last to you. I protest against my condemnation. I have fought a hundred battles for France, and not one against her ... Soldiers, fire!
>>1002522
>brits
>good at war
>>1008970
Damn, I forgot that we lost the peninsular war and the bonapartes still rule france
>>1008986
I forgot that Britain single handedly fought Napoleon all alone
>>1008986
>and the bonapartes still rule france
They probably would had their fate been decided by British military strength
But Russia decided otherwise
>>1000969
Goodnight sweet prince
>>1008986
>eternal anglo swoops in for waterloo after getting the shit kicked out of him in spain while the other European countries had already bled to stop france
>lol we singlehandedly stopped him
