HPS NB vs. Battleground

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[quote='JasonC' pid='327856' dateline='1281671721']
[quote]I deny it. I claim that none of the sources you mention had the slightest idea either how French infantry formations worked nor of the flexible meaning of the terms used to describe them.[/quote]

I agree that when discussing tactics it is important to get the definitions of terms correct. Perhaps these sources are ignorant, but I doubt it.

[quote]Division meant both a unit above a brigade and any formation split into 2 equal halves deployed beside each other.[/quote]

Hoping that Nafziger, Imperial Bayonettes and Nofi, The Waterloo Campaign are not as ignorant as the other sources I refer to, they state that a "division" within a battalion is two companies, not a half battalion. Thus a french battalion in 1815 has three divisions.

[quote]The term used by the French to describe the formation was column of divisions by battalion. Column of divisions at the battalion scale meant each battalion was divided into 2 equal halves[/quote]

The term for a battalion column on a two company (division) frontage is column of battalions by division. A column of divisions by battalion is a column with the battalions in line.

You misuse terms in your description of tactical formations. This to me invalidates your "claims" and I feel no need to refute them point by point.