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Due to limitations inherent in campaigning in this period, it was difficult for Frederick to force battle on an unwilling opponent. This unwillingness is easy to understand when taking into account that battle would result in the loss of soldiers, who needed years of training and were hard to recruit, for marginal strategic advantages. The […]

GERHARD von SCHARNHORST (1755-1813) Chief of the Prussian General Staff. Napoleon’s defeats were important, especially for an understanding of the use of force, but his victories over fifteen years were of much greater significance and were astounding by any measure. Moreover, even when finally defeated, Napoleon’s military vision endured: his enemies ultimately all reformed their […]