18 June 1815 Part I
Marshal Ney of France leading a charge. To be killed at Waterloo would have been a good death. NAPOLEON AT ST HELENA The historian Jac Weller is said to have complained that the Ifs of Waterloo made him wince. I fear we must make him wince again. No doubt these Ifs are countless, but for our purposes here, we will…
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