“If a treatise on military history is to be placed in the first class, the style must be clear and the narrative not overloaded with details of secondary importance, the authorities should be quoted, and the maps must be clear and large: Mr. Petre’s book fails in all these respects.”
| − | Acad. 72: 385. Ap. 20, ’07. 760w. |
“The volume is easy to read. To a student already familiar with 1806, there are fewer causes of dissent than are usual.” Theodore Ayrault Dodge.
| + | Am. Hist. R. 13: 140. O. ’07. 770w. |
“The appearance of Mr. Petre’s book fills a gap which needed filling. In little matters Mr. Petre is sometimes irritating.”
| + + − | Ath. 1907, 1: 597. My. 18. 1660w. |
“The most instructive passage of the book is the description of Napoleon’s army administration in the field and of the loose and ineffective organization of the Prussian staff.” Henry E. Bourne.
| + | Dial. 43: 90. Ag. 16, ’07. 340w. |
“If he has nothing very novel to offer he is generally safe to follow.”