Joseph was using precisely the Reverse Slope Tactics combined with the Thin Red Line Tactics invented by Duke Wellington in history.
Oh, it should now be called the Thin White Line Tactics—the French Army's Military Uniforms were white, and the naming rights to this tactic now belonged to France.
In fact, Joseph had committed fewer than fourteen thousand men to the front, and what he had deployed could not even be considered proper battle lines. At most, they could only be called Horizontal Line Formations.
Large numbers of two-rank Horizontal Line Formations, each one hundred to one hundred and fifty meters long, were staggered along the crest of the slope.
There were another ten-odd meters between each formation, allowing limited forces to cover an extremely broad battlefield.
Count Kalkreuth of Prussia believed his attack position had already extended beyond the end of the French Army's line and could outflank them, but even if his troops stretched another hundred meters westward, they would still find French Horizontal Line Formations there.
Moreover, in accordance with the Reverse Slope Tactics, a Skirmisher Regiment covered each flank of the Horizontal Line Formations, while cavalry waited farther out.
When it came to competing in line length, the commonly used Infantry Line and Skirmisher tactics were mere little brothers before the "Thin White Line."
As for firepower density, Duke Wellington had repeatedly tested it. When holding the high ground, two ranks of Horizontal Line Formation were enough; the width of the line was what mattered.
As long as one's line was broader than the enemy's, one could bring greater firepower density to bear.
Had Joseph been more aggressive, he could even have folded both wings inward at this moment and encircled the England Prussia Austria Allied Forces.
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