Partisan attack on a French detachment "When our whole force was battle-ready, we charged the three lines of the enemy, positioned one behind the other. At the first clash, the enemy front line tumbled back into the second and the second collided with the third. Then they all fled headlong. The pursuit continued until noon. We cut and slashed and shot and dragged into captivity officers, soldiers and horses -- in a word, the victory was complete. There were 403 men and two officers taken, all wounded. The regimental commander, I was told, had fallen on the field of battle and with him another 150 rank-and-file men; the others scattered through fields and woods or were captured by the inhabitants." (page 121) On the Emperor Napoleon "The hair on his head was not black, but dark-reddish-blond, his eyebrows and eyelashes were much darker than the colour of his hair, and his blue eyes, set off by the almost black lashes, gave him a most pleasing expression. The man I saw was of short stature, just over five feet tall, rather heavy although he was only 37 years old and despite the fact that the lifestyle he followed should not, on the fact of it, have let him put on much weight. He held himself erect without the least effort, as is common with all short people. But what was particular to him alone was a nobility of bearing and an urbane, martial air, which undoubtedly was derived from the habit of commanding men and a consciousness of moral superiority." (page 65) Book Review: In the Service of the Tsar Against Napoleon Napoleonic Library: Reviews of selected books Book Review: Secret Service: British Agents in France 1792-1815 Book Review: 1815: The Waterloo Campaign Book Review: In the Service of the Tsar Against Napoleon Book Review: In the Legions of Napoleon Book Review: Followup: Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book Book News: Various Publishing Efforts Back to Table of Contents -- Napoleon #16 Back to Napoleon List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2001 by Napoleon LLC. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. The full text and graphics from other military history magazines and gaming magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com Order Napoleon magazine direct