Lining up shoulder-to-shoulder wasn’t madness—it was strategy. Here's how Napoleonic armies used firepower, discipline, and drill to dominate the battlefield.

Quick Guide to Napoleonic Infantry Tactics October 8th, 2019 6 min A quick guide to infantry tactics and formations of the Napoleonic period, which first appeared in our video on the Battle of Aspern.

At Ratisbonne, in 1809, at Leipsic, in 1813, the masses of NAPOLEON's cavalry, without scarcely drawing a sabre, created the greatest disorder among the infantry of the Germans.