Tall in the Saddle.

Today is the 200th anniversary of Napoleon's defeat by the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo, Belgium. The battle is re-enacted and commemorated by French devotees in period costume. Their take on history is that he lost the battle but won the war. Some historians say Napoleon was past his prime as a leader but his apologists claim he suffered from a painful bout of hemorrhoids that knocked him off
 his winning stride. His impersonator said he was feeling well but did "have some bother in the posterior." It seems that the
stigma of defeat will always get you in the
end.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/world/europe/200-years-after-waterloo-napoleon-still-wins-by-losing.html?_r=0









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