Butcher’s Bills: Engagement-level preponderance and casualties in the French Revolution Wars and Napoleonic Wars, 1792

Butcher’s Bills: Engagement-level preponderance and casualties in the French Revolution Wars and Napoleonic Wars, 1792–1815

Published:2023-10-25 Issue:0 Volume:0 Page:
ISSN:1799-3350
Container-title:Journal of Military Studies
language:en
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Author:

Hickman John¹

Affiliation:

1. Evans Hall 111, Department of Political Science and International Studies , Berry College . Mt. Berry , GA , USA

Abstract

Abstract This article reports findings from an empirical investigation of the generalization captured in the aphorism that ‘god is on the side with the biggest battalions.’ Departing from the focus on major or decisive battles in previous studies, this quantitative analysis using ordered logit and ordinary least squares regression of two data sets of 945 and 823 large, medium and small engagements between the armies of France and its enemies during the Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars from 1792 to 1815 reveals that a preponderance of numbers was positively associated with victory but also higher casualties.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Link

https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/jms-2023-0004

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