摘录

Unlike the infantry, Napoleon's cavalry was at its height in 1809. After 
incorporating superior horses captured during 1806-07, the units were 
expanded and improved, most notably the 30 regiments of dragoons that were 
transformed from mediocre to formidable.
拿破仑的骑兵巅峰在1809年
In 1789 Napoleon's line infantry consisted of 79 French and 23 foreign regiments, 
almost all of two battalions.
这里是不是写错了，1789年拿破仑就有79个法国线列步兵团了？应该把“拿破仑”换成“法国”吧
In the 
period 1792-1815 one suspects that many of the supposedly 'light' troops were 
actually used as 'heavy' infantry; and many of those who really were used in the 
light role had received absolutely no training for it.
法军“轻步兵”的使用方法和想象中也许不一样
Columns were much easier to manoeuvre than lines, particularly over broken ground; and there was also a widespread belief that they were good for maintaining the morale of shaky troops, who would gain confidence by the close proximity of so many of their comrades. The opponents of columns, however, such as Comte Hippolyte de Guibert and the Chevalier Troncjon du Coudray, were quick to reply that they were far more vulnerable to artillery fire. A cannonball 
could theoretically knock down only one file of three men in a line, whereas there would be many more men per file in a column; a deep column might well suffer a dozen men hit by each accurate round. 
纵队的优缺点
In 1785, the young Napoleon Bonaparte graduated from the Military School in Paris to become a second lieutenant in the La Fere Regiment of the Corps royal 
de rartillerie (Royal Corps of Artillery); his supreme commander was the elderly General de Gribeauval. 
名师出高徒
At Eylau, on 8 February 1807, the Russians and Prussians had about 400 guns and the French only 200, but General Senarmont brought the massed French guns closer to the enemy, which had a devastating effect. At Freidland, on 14 June 
1807, the gathered artillery from the three divisions of Marshal Victor's corps, some 38 guns, again pounded the Russians and turned the tide for the French.
塞纳蒙的炮兵冲锋
Others advocated a resurrection of the ancient pike, either in place of a bayonet or as a defence for 
a rifleman. A combined pike- and rifle-rest had been used by the Austrian Grenzers (frontier light infantry), and it is significant that a number of volunteer 
rifle corps formed in Britain in the early 1800s were associated with units of pikemen, conceivably in pursuance of this tactical theory.
为了保护轻步兵和散兵英国和奥地利还搞过长矛复古？