Said, it was a pleasure to have this discussion with you, really.
For the questions you asked me, about the distance between lake George and Montréal, and the others, i don't know at all.
About Grouchy, yes he was not really excellent...France had thousands of Maréchal best thazn him

. He was eating strawberries while the armies were fighting - it is the legend -
You sound like you are proud of Napoleon.Wasnt he the earlier version of Hitler in the 18th century?Infatuated with European domination.Fortunately us Brits was around then as well to kick you garlic chomping , onion smelling frog suckers all the way back to France.So kiss my big fat hairy British arse.
Taff.....
You seems to be the english guy proud of the english victory, when Prussia and Russia made the biggest job.
Yes, I'm roud of Napoleon.
he was a real great war man, with a awesome strategical sense. The napoleonic wars are considered as the first modern wars.
I have admiration for him : on ther interior point, he did great things : the "Code Civil" of 1804 and the "Code Pénal" in 1810, 2 codifications of the laws about the penal laws and the civilian laws - contract names, family, divorces, marriage.... - These codifications are still used in France, of course with modification, but it is the same base.
Napoleon created also some Institutions, and reorganized the country. Example : he created the "Préfet", with the law of the "28 pluviose An VIII" (02/17/1800 - fucking reviolutionnary calendar

) - the Préfets are the representants of the State in the regions and departements.
he also created the "Lycée", in 1802. (secondary schools, when you are from 15 to 18 years old, just before university).
So, for the legislation and the administration, great Man.
And about the exterior point : probably trhe man who won the bigger number of battles of all the History, and only from 1793 to 1815.
he defeat England, Austria, Prussia, Russia, and after armies of coalitions, multinational.
He was obviously a great war leader, best than Philippe II, Retz, Charles VII, Vendôme, Villars or Saxe, for France. You can't deny it.
Even the last years show his genius : the "Campaign of France", in 1814, show to the Allies that the french army was still able to win battles, even when it was less numerous. This Campaign saw the french army won a lot of battles.
You can't compare him with Hitler : first, Hitler was a dumbass compare to the military genius of Napoleon, and above all, Napoleon was not racist and antisemist, didn't organized an awful deportation program.
The domination about Europe is the only common point.
No others : maybe Napoleon was a tyran, but not at all the butcher who was Hitler, the monster who was this nazi man.
And, taff, know that even in UK lots of people were for Napoleon and a peace and accord with France, like Charles James FOX.
And at the end, in 1815, when the
Bellerophon took Napoleon to send him tyo England, lots of people were on the harbour to see and applause the ex-Emperor.
But the English made a treason, and Napoleon was transfered to the
Northumberland, and travel to Sainte Hélène.