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The strategy of central position
Idealized schematic · 1986 geometry
The strategy of central position
Three stages retain the 1986 layout: advance to contact above the double battle at left, coup de grace at right. A and B bases, opposing formations, cavalry screens, split advance, attacks and overnight forced march are shown; colors are not historical.
I · ADVANCE TO CONTACT
II · THE DOUBLE BATTLE
III · THE COUP DE GRÂCE
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cavalry screen
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overnight forced march
O
Teal: filled source formations
Rust: open source formations (A and B)
Dashed: lines of communication (LOC)
SA / MA and O retained as source marks;
not expanded from an uncertain reading.
Source attribution on Boyd’s slide: David G. Chandler, Waterloo: The Hundred Days (1980).
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