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3、sonAvenueNewYork,N.Y.10016FirstpublishedintheUnitedStates1973ISBN0-88254-170-6FirstpublishedinGreatBritainin197byOspreyPublishingLtd,P.O.Box25,707OxfordRoad,Reading,BerkshirePrintedinGreatBritain"J1JllingtonsPeninsularru'IrmyledandtrainedaBritisharmythat,fightingagainsttheFrench
4、,themastersofEurope,neverknewamajordefeatinthefield.Wellingtonhimself,whoseterseunflatteringcommentsonhismenhavelongbeenremembered,describedDuringMarlborough'sWarsatthebeginningofhisarmyas'abletogoanywhereordoanything.'theeighteenthcenturythemusketsoftheinfantryThestaffbywhichhe
5、controlledhismagnificentandthegunsoftheartilleryweresmooth-boreandarmyreflectedhisownpersonalityandthecon•muzzle-loading,cavalryreliedonshocktacticsditionsofthetime.Battlefieldsweresmallandandthesabre,engineersbasedtheirfortificationsregimentsfoughtclosetogether;generalscouldont
6、heprinciplesofVauban.WhenWellingtonassemblealltheirmeninasingleplaceandtrans•tookthefieldnearlyahundredyearslatermittheirordersbythepoweroftheirlungs;thereweaponshadbarelyaltered;afewBritishinfantrywasnoneedfortheelaboratestafforganizationswerearmedwiththenew-fangledriflewhichth
7、eofalaterday.Napoleonitistrue,co-ordinatingFrenchhadnotthoughtworthadopting,andatheactivitiesofanumberofarmiesoperatingfewFrenchorPolish/Frenchcavalryregimentsusedthelanceaswellasthesabre,gunsfiredpro•jectilesthatwerealittleheavierthanbeforeandwereslightlymoremobile,whilethetech
8、niqueoffortificationsandsiegesremainedcompletel
