Word: napoleonism
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...fact, he owes-the whole thing to Napoleon Bonaparte. For while he was wrestling with the problem he felt repeatedly that somewhere he had seen a similar play defeated. He thought over all the games he had over seen and concluded that he must have been mistaken, yet the notion kept recurring that he had seen or read the correct solution to the question. Whether if was in a class in modern history or in what manner the missing link of memory was furnished it is hard to tell, but here is the dialogue which suggested...
...Marshall----- said to Napoleon, 'Shall I attack, sire...
...replied Napoleon. 'The sun of Austerlitz is my sun--let us wait until they engage our centre...
...thought it was at the Battle of Austerlitz that Napoleon executed the coup I had in mind," said Lewis, speaking about it later. "At any rate, here is the account of the battle which I read and remembered: The French army was drawn up in a line awaiting the Austrian advance. There were divisions of infantry in the centre and cavalry on each flank. Behind the first line of battle were strong reserves. Napoleon sat on his horse in the rear, surrounded by his marshals, who were awaiting final orders. At length the Austrians charged the French centre...
...Napoleon, as soon as he discovered the Austrian plan of attack, ordered his cavalry to cut in from the wings, attacking the on-coming column on both flanks. Then he ordered reserves to bolster up the centre. The result was that the cavalry cut the main body of the advancing column to pieces by their simultaneous flank attacks, while the reenforced centre bore the brunt of the Austrian 'spear-head...