The presence of a general is necessary: he is the head, he is the all in all of an army. It was not the Roman army conquered Gaul, but Caesar; it was not the Carthaginians made the armies of the Republic tremble at the very gates of Rome, but Hannibal; it was not the Macedonian army marched to the Indus, but Alexander. According to Napoleon, who deserved the credit for France’s successful conquest of Europe?

the Roman army
Alexander and Hannibal
the French Army
Napoleon