Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin littafinsa, "", Bernard Cornwell ya taƙaita ra'ayoyin masana tarihi da yawa cewa kasancewar Soult a cikin Sojojin Arewa na ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da suka haifar da shan kashi na Napoleon, saboda ƙiyayya tsakanin shi da Marshal Michel Ney, wani babban kwamandan, kuma saboda, duk da kwarewarsa a matsayin soja, Soult ba shi da ƙwarewar gudanarwa na magabata Marshal Louis-Alexandre Berthier. Mafi kyawun misali na wannan shi ne umarnin da ya rubuta, bisa ga umarnin Napoleon, ga Marshal Emmanuel de Grouchy don sanya sojojinsa a gefen hagu na sojojin Birtaniya don hana ƙarfafawa daga Prussians. Cornwell ya la'anci kalmomin umarnin Soult a matsayin "kusan rashin fahimta", kuma Grouchy ya fassara umarnin, maimakon haka ya yi tafiya a kan 'yan bindigar Prussian a
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