tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post6438906554552123544..comments2024-03-23T08:00:26.020+00:00Comments on THE MONARCHIST: "the nearest-run thing you ever saw in your life"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-90127254788659246452009-06-29T21:24:05.021+01:002009-06-29T21:24:05.021+01:00History is replete with close runs. Vienna 1683 an...<i>History is replete with close runs. Vienna 1683 and Lepanto come to mind.</i><br /><br />Indeed! Yesterday we marked the anniversary of a close run in Sarajevo.<br /><br />Unfortunately, that incident developed into a years-long conflict, which brutally put a harsh end to the Age of Victoria and Francis Joseph.J.K. Baltzersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00096616644588479917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-91088636412991191222009-06-29T21:20:17.613+01:002009-06-29T21:20:17.613+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.J.K. Baltzersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00096616644588479917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-78585566143662612682009-06-26T13:59:00.864+01:002009-06-26T13:59:00.864+01:00Nuno,
Yes, the sacking of Batalha by Masséna dese...Nuno,<br /><br />Yes, the sacking of Batalha by Masséna deserved a retort. I'm sure the Portuguese forces would have performed very well at Waterloo, as they did through out the Peninsular campaign.Kiplinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04838567321326673782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-37603465857723542222009-06-26T12:45:54.520+01:002009-06-26T12:45:54.520+01:00Just a note: I am sorry to Wellington could not us...Just a note: I am sorry to Wellington could not use the Portuguese army to participate - as he wanted - in the last campaign against Bonaparte. If he could realize his aims, it would have been a fair reward for the devastation caused in my country by FranceNuno Castelo-Brancohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15001127483401788610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-91428618891517843572009-06-19T05:00:34.610+01:002009-06-19T05:00:34.610+01:00Well, Napoleon would never have been ableto invade...Well, Napoleon would never have been ableto invade Britain that is true, but a victory at Waterloo would have allowed him timeto consolidate his forces, and his leadership. Would the Russian and Austrian armies have been so willingto fight Napoleon after he had seen off Wellington and Bluchers armies? I doubt it personally. The war may have continued but I doubt the Allies would ever have been in a position to demand the end of the House of Bonaparte.Lord Besthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08505734600505832039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-1093875129682910382009-06-18T18:11:36.007+01:002009-06-18T18:11:36.007+01:00Marching West sorry, from the East.Marching West sorry, from the East.Matthewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-84156599361584979222009-06-18T18:10:24.657+01:002009-06-18T18:10:24.657+01:00Well, with the Russians and Austrians marching Eas...Well, with the Russians and Austrians marching East Napoleon would have been finished. <br />Most of Wellington's troops were not the cream of his army, there were a lot of raw troops, only a proportion of them had fought in Spain with him. A fair amount had been sent to North America, and I hardly think that they would end the war there. Waterloo, even if lost could hardly reverse Trafalgar...Matthewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-21457632999885492222009-06-18T14:00:16.858+01:002009-06-18T14:00:16.858+01:00Ah, but that was the issue, as I understand. This ...Ah, but that was the issue, as I understand. This was the last throw of everyone involved, as all were exhausted. Whomever won the battle, won the war. That is what I was taught anyway, I could well be wrong.<br />I have to say I am quite a fan of Napoleon, not in a 'I wish he had won' fashion, of course. But I admire him as one of the most influential chaps in history.Lord Besthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08505734600505832039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-64136433471920113892009-06-18T12:02:09.823+01:002009-06-18T12:02:09.823+01:00Quite right. Thankfully we won and they lost. Hi...Quite right. Thankfully we won and they lost. History is replete with close runs. Vienna 1683 and Lepanto come to mind. I'm not sure Napoleon would have been able to destroy the British and Prussian armies. Remember France was exhausted at this point, effectively bankrupt. The allies were on their 7th coalition at the time of Waterloo. Britain had been beaten and come back before.Kiplinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04838567321326673782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-59397469015053529582009-06-18T06:33:27.681+01:002009-06-18T06:33:27.681+01:00Quite amazing to think how close it was. We tend t...Quite amazing to think how close it was. We tend to think of these things as inevitable, after the fact, but had the battle been lost the cream of the British and Prussian armies would have been lost. I personally doubt whether we would have had any other choice but to except the existence of the Napoleonic Empire after that.<br /> The greatest military leader of all time (even Wellington said so) coupled with the greatest post-gunpowder military power, a terrible combination.Lord Besthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08505734600505832039noreply@blogger.com