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发表于 2010-11-15 18:01:57
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默瑟的回忆录，是滑铁卢战役被引用最广泛的回忆录之一。如果限于下级军官，“之一”大概都可以省去。
不过有些文章引用得有点偏，比如富勒引用默瑟17日撤退那段惊险经历，描绘撤退的紧张。但默瑟回忆录中写得明白，他是断后部队最偏前沿的炮队，主动要求发射一排炮再撤。范德勒甚至为此对默瑟发了通脾气，因为默瑟的炮挡住了他的冲锋路线。因为这就是个惊险的位置，所以他的回忆撤退很惊险就不奇怪了。实际上，主力撤退还是很有秩序的。
滑铁卢当天战斗也有这种情况，中央一些英军军官回忆圣拉埃失陷时往往很惊险，造成千钧一发的印象。然从大势看，并非那么紧张。
这里有个荷兰网站，包括拜兰旅和夏塞师军官回忆。回忆表明，夏塞师3点就出发补到主阵地。而不是如一些文章说，在6点多圣拉埃失陷后，因为拿破仑一时派不出近卫军，威灵顿借机调整过去。
http://home.tiscali.nl/erwinmuilwijk/free%20downloads.htm
Behind the Nivelles highway
General Chassé himself reports how his division was repositioned for a second time, as an ADC of Wellington
arrived. “Towards three o’clock in the afternoon the division received the order to move in an oblique direction
to the side of the highway leading from Nivelles to Brussels. The brigades were formed from time to time in
columns as well as in line and square; these manoeuvres were carried out with that cold-bloodedness which the
oldest and longest serving troops would have done as well, notwithstanding a heavy canonfire which created a
fair ravage among the ranks.” According to ADC Van Omphal this movement to the new positions was carried
out “… while marching in squares, while the cavalry just at that moment, made repeated attacks on the first
line.”
Van Deelen tells how they eventually formed: “The 1st brigade now stood in line behind and along the highway,
and on the right wing stood the 2nd brigade in two columns with sections.” |
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