Quote Originally Posted by Milonius View Post
Sort of a cheap, yet effective tactic. Napoleon lost over 400,000 of his original 600,000 men to starvation and the cold weather.
Actually a strategic withdrawal must be very skillfully handled or it can very quickly turn into a rout. Napolean Bonaparte was a big fan of artillery and relied heavilly on artillery. This was his strength and his weakness.
This is also why his invasion of Russia was such an abysmal failure.