":I do not ""imply"" that Wellington was a ""dilettant"", that's your reading. He just wasn't up to the task on the 15th and failed to react properly after having received numerous reports about the beginning of hostilities, waiting for definitive confirmation from Paris, that Napoleon would not attack via Mons. They did not ""fully"" drive a wedge through the allies, as can be proven by the events on 18 June. Can't you just quit your arrogant tone: ""you can not have your cake and eat it"" [sic!] and base your argument on factual data? That would be more helpful. Why do you write ""stratigic"" and not strategic? 

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