Ill try precise.
Yea, was really the orders to Jerome:
"Attack of diversion against Hougoumont, dont use all yur division, dont risk heavy lots".
Why Jerome and D'Erlon dont said anything to Napoleon? Cuz thy were afraid? maybee.
How said to the Imperor :
"Our attack failed totaly, thats a disaster, our losses are phenomenals".........................
So thy said nothing to Napoleon during the battle.
But its important consider this fact:
For Napoleon the diversion wasnt ONLY take Hougoumont.
For him Hougoumont wasnt so hard to take. The orders were to attack Hougoumont and AFTER Hougoumont, and so fix lots of regiments of the english troops in this sector.
Thats why Jerome try take Hougoumont as a crazy man.Cuz the attack of Hougoumont was just the beginning of the attack of diversion and not the ended!!!!!
So Jerome was afraid to said to tell to Napoleon: "I take nothing and the english army hold me with so little troops"
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Well Byng and the english guard need help Hougoumont but wasnt so hard for Wellington.
He can uses 10% of this army for hold 30 % of the french army.....................
What a so nice "attack of diversion"..............
Salutations (and sorry again Shakespeare!
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