Thiers was a historian of the old school who liked to tell a unified and dramatic story without offering alternative versions. He worked on the Bed of Procrustes principle (if it doesn't fit either stretch it or chop it off).

Going back to your earlier post, you mentioned
> "His Majesty owes the success of his arms to the French troops and not to any foreigner."<
He seems to have forgotten that Macdonald's troops were mainly Italians!

The whole order is something of a display of competinging egos!

regards,

Susan