Re: Sinclair Dates

["David & Gloria Bouschor" <haggis@skypoint.com>]

Gordon,
    Don't let the Prussians hear that. After the way Wellington lied to them
at Ligny the had not much trust in Wellington.
        Regards David
-----Original Message-----
From: Gordon Holmes <lafleur@home.com>
To: sinclair@matrix.net <sinclair@matrix.net>
Date: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: Sinclair Dates


>Actually the Prussians...(Part of the alliance Against the French) were
>under Wellington's orders to be at the battle site at a certian time and
>were late..but arrived in time to settle the affair decisively..
>The battle is well documented in National Geographic, including maps and
>charts from dawn to dusk. The book "Great Warriors" suggests that
>when German Marshal Blucher arrived with his Prussians in the evening,
>the battle was over. I put little stock in that.(P.S. it is well
>documented that Napoleon had communication snafu's with his other
>commanders but the most interesting part of his downfall could be that
>the Iron Duke travelled the area around Waterloo extensivly years before
>and knew that although it looked deceptivly flat..High Ground abounded
>and he used All of it.) I beleive the Nat. Geo article is from 1998.
>Regards, cousin Gord
>
>David & Gloria Bouschor wrote:
>>
>> Hi Guys,
>>      Waterloo was won by the Prussians.  Wellington had bugun to pull
back
>> his squares when the Prussians arrived to save the day.  Of course the
>> English took credit for the victory. Regards, David
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: PDeloriol@aol.com <PDeloriol@aol.com>
>> To: sinclair@matrix.net <sinclair@matrix.net>
>> Date: Saturday, June 17, 2000 2:59 AM
>> Subject: Re: Sinclair Dates
>>
>> >Wellington VERY nearly lost that Battle! In fact , if one looks at his
>> major
>> >battles very closely, it was not due to his skill that he won!
>> >Peter de Loriol Chandieu
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