A new kind of battle.

>As the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars progressed, the casualty rates in battles increased exponentially: at Fleurus they were 6% of the total number of men engaged, at Austerlitz 15%, at Eylau 26%, at Borodino 31% and at Waterloo 45%. This was partly because with ever-larger armies being raised, battles tended to last longer – Eylau was Napoleon’s first two-day engagement since Arcole; Eggmühl, Aspern-Essling and Wagram in 1809, Dresden in 1813 were also two and Leipzig in 1813 went on for three – but mainly because of the huge increase in the numbers of cannon present. At Austerlitz the ratio was two guns per thousands men, but by Eylau this had leapt to nearly 4, and at Borodino there were 4.5. >Eylau therefore represented a new kind of battle of the Napoleonic Wars, best summed up by [Ney]( https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Marechal_Ney.jpg) at its close: ‘What a massacre! And without any result!’ _________________________________________ **Source:** Roberts, Andrew. "Blockades." *Napoleon: A Life*. New York: Penguin, 2014. 445. Print. **Original Source Listed:** ed. Bingham, *Selection* II p. 294. __________________________________________ **Further Reading:** [French Revolutionary Wars]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars) [Napoleonic Wars]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars) [Battle of Fleurus]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fleurus_(1794)) [Battle of Austerlitz / Battle of the Three Emperors]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Austerlitz) [Battle of Eylau / Battle of Preussisch-Eylau]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Eylau) [Бородинское сражение / Bataille de la Moskova (Battle of Borodino)]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Borodino) [Battle of Waterloo]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo) [Battle of Arcole / Battle of Arcola]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Arcole) [Battle of Eckmühl / Battle of Eggmühl]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Eckm%C3%BChl) [Battle of Aspern-Essling]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Aspern-Essling) [Battle of Wagram]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wagram) [Battle of Dresden]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dresden) [Battle of Leipzig / Битва народов / Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig / Bataille des Nations (Battle of the Nations)]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leipzig) [Michel Ney, 1st Duc d'Elchingen, 1st Prince de la Moskowa / Marshal Ney]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Ney)