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Title: The Memoirs of Baron Von Muffling: A Prussian Officer in the Napoleonic Wars by Friedrich Karl Ferdinand Muffling, Peter Hofschroer, Baron Carl Von Muffling ISBN: 1-85367-273-4 Publisher: Greenhill Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Summary: Important memoir from leading Napoleonic figure
Comment: Müffling is best known for his role as Prussian liaison officer in the Duke of Wellington's headquarters during the Waterloo Campaign. As such, he was one of the architects of the allied victory.
This was, however, not Müffling's only achievement. He was for much of his military career a staff officer with a speciality in cartography. His maps were used throughout the 19th century. He later became chief-of-staff of the Prussian Army, then one of the world's strongest. This made him one of the most powerful men in the world at that time.
While Müffling's memoirs give an insight into many events in this dramatic period of history, one needs to take into account the circumspect way he relates certain errors he made. For instance, the Duke of Wellington used Müffling as a conduit for misleading information to Blücher, the commander of the Prussian army, during the Waterloo Campaign. If Müffling had really been alert, Wellington would not have got away with that so easily. Müffling's account of these events show that his memory was selective.
As one of the few Prussian accounts of this period that has been translated into English, this work should be read by all people interested in it.
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