How Did The Weather Contribute To The Downfall Of Napoleon

Weather was one of the main reasons that caused the downfall and total fail of Napoleon and the Country of France in the Battle. The weather caused delay in the producings of the battle and the Fighting conditions. Christopher Klein wrote a piece called “7 Things You May Not Know About Waterloo” and in that article he talked about the conditions prior to the battle. Through a night of constant downpour of rain on the “region around Waterloo” and the surrounding areas which is todays present day “Belgium Germany” (Klein). Rain causes one of the worst conditions known to mankind and that is mud. This caused the French great troubles throw the whole battle. Michael Leggiere wrote in the “Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire” it referred
With the french not having the land advantages and the rain form the night before moving through the area was quite difficult with the offenses strategies the napoleon was using (Beck et al. 212). The French had the land wanted in the battle or the higher land. Trying to make advances in the muddy terrain put the French in an awful position not being able to have the land advantage. If there might not have been rain prior to the day of the battle the French could of made a plan the would of succeeded. It might not have caused them to slow down trekking through mud to fight the british army on the high ground. In the same article by Klein he stated “the French emperor feared that the soggy and muddy conditions would bog down the advance of his men, horses and heavy guns”(Klein). The French were quite worried about the conditions But one thing is Napoleon wanted to fight no matter what. With Napoleon having more superior weapons and more in quantity they still had to figure a way around the Mud But in no way did they figure out how to. In many ways the french feared Napoleon's strategies and the weaponry the French army