*charges cavalry without infantry support at you*

worked half the time

*throws waterloo and many lives away autistically seeking a grandiose suicide*

>>2532893
is that actually why he did it?

>>2532898
not really
besides the meme about >no infantry support
Ney was a great general, and his charge did break the english line and took back the Haie Sainte.
This >>2532893 is not really relevant, if he may have seeked a suicide by charge; he likely would have done the same either way. And since he didn't die, no harm.

A lot of people shit on him but he was an excellent maréchal.

>>2533329
t. Pierre de François

>>2533358
I am enlightened by my own révolution
Davoust et Soult, not Wellington and Nelson ok
debate me, redcoat

Why didnt he spike the cannons

ITT armchair generals will explain to us how THEY would have done a better job than Napoleon fucking Bonaparte at doing what he did

>>2532854
He had a PTSD episode. He was insanely brave to a fault. Once, when his soldiers were fleeing from the Russian musketfire without resisting, he grabbed one of their guns, ran towards the enemy, and shot at the foe. He was a fucking Marshal of France and he was still doing crazy shit like this.

>>2534457
I want a Napoleonic Comedy where Napoleon calls him a loose-cannon and takes his big red ribbon.

>>2533329

>muh 'last man out of russia'
>muh 'cool last words'

Meme-tier marshal. Louis Davout is where it's at.