Interesting...I had not heard the quote you cite. The French did the same as always but it was by no means an easy affair: "It has been a damned serious busine

Interesting...I had not heard the quote you cite. The French did the same as always but it was by no means an easy affair: "It has been a damned serious business... Blücher and I have lost 30,000 men. It has been a damned nice thing — the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life. ... By God! I don't think it would have been done if I had not been there." ("nice" meaning "precise"). http://books.google.com/books?id=Ni8Mc1b1ygAC&pg=PA185&lpg=PA185&source=bl&ots=RS7y9TPHyY&sig=b86Fqzn7D6BQFYLJZU3Y5VRgJAA&hl=en&ei=mo8BTbrOHYq6sQODnZS6CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CC8Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=Ni8Mc1b1ygAC&pg=PA185&#...