I roto i tana pukapuka, "", Bernard Cornwell whakarāpopoto i te whakaaro o te maha o nga kaituhituhi kōrero e te aroaro o Soult i roto i te ope o te Raki ko tetahi o te maha o ngā take e whai wāhi ki te hinga o Napoleon, no te mea o te riri i waenganui ia ia, me Marshal Michel Ney, te tahi atu rangatira matua, a no te mea, ahakoa o tona wheako rite te hoia, Soult kore i tona mua Marshal Louis-Alexandre Berthier o pūkenga whakahaere. Ko te tauira tino nui o tenei ko tana whakahau i tuhia, e ai ki nga tohutohu a Napoleon, ki a Marshal Emmanuel de Grouchy ki te whakanoho i tana ope ki te taha maui o te ope o Ingarangi kia kore ai e whakakahahia e nga Prussians. Ka whakahē a Cornwell i te kupu o te whakahau a Soult hei "kore noa iho", a ka pohehe a Grouchy i te whakahau, i te mea ka haere ia ki te taha o muri o Prussia i Wavre
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