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1 down Vietmeyer (the author of Column, Line & Square)
2 down Copenhagen (Wellington’s horse at the Battle of Waterloo)
3 down Ney (A very brave…if unwise French Marshal)
5 down brown (The brown bess was the standard British musket)
7 down square (The square was the best defensive formation against cavalry)
8 down Junta (The Juntas ruled Spain after Napoleon set his brother Joseph on the throne)
9 down line (In this formation, a maximum firepower could be achieved)
2 across column (This was the optimal formation for movement & maneuver)
4 across Marengo (Following Napoleon’s victory at that battle, he chef prepared him a dish which Napoleon ate every year in celebration of his victory called Chicken Marengo)
6 across hussar (The most colorful of the light cavalry)
8 across Jena (Was a Prussian defeat at the hands of Napoleon & the French, who outnumbered the Prussians 2-1)
9 across LN (The abbreviation for line)
10 across Davout (The French corps commander who, outnumbered 2-1 by the Prussians, went on to win the battle of Auerstadt)
Clues
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