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*The Duke's use of reverse slopes and most of all the intelligent use of La Haye Saint and Houghmont diverted large formations from important tasks without bothering much of the allied army.
 
*The Duke's use of reverse slopes and most of all the intelligent use of La Haye Saint and Houghmont diverted large formations from important tasks without bothering much of the allied army.
 
*It was apparent that neither Marshall Grouchy nor Napoleon had any idea where the mass of the Prussian army was.  Marshall Grouchy didn't have the forces available to achieve the outcome Napoleon desired and detaching him only served to keep 33,000 desperately needed men from Napoleon's main effort
 
*It was apparent that neither Marshall Grouchy nor Napoleon had any idea where the mass of the Prussian army was.  Marshall Grouchy didn't have the forces available to achieve the outcome Napoleon desired and detaching him only served to keep 33,000 desperately needed men from Napoleon's main effort
*It was at the end of the Battle of Waterloo watching 3 main points of the French army
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*It was at the end of the Battle of Waterloo watching 3 main points of the French army positions being overrun that Napoleon understood that his days of Empire were forever over.
    
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