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| | Campaigns of Napoleon: 1805-1814 |
 | | Described are the campaigns as directed by Napoleon in central and eastern Europe, when he was no longer merely one amongst many French generals, nor even a simple primus inter pares, but Emperor in the fullest sense. |
 | | Ceaseless industry, energy and conspicuous personal gallantry were the principal factors of his brilliant victories, and even in 1805 at Ulm and Austerlitz it was still the excellence of the tactical instrument, the army, which the Revolution had bequeathed to him that essentially produced the results. |
 | | The facts as to the position of an opponent accurately observed and correctly reported at a given moment, afford no reliable guarantee of his position 48 hours later, when the orders based on this information enter upon execution. |
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