From Myth-Conceived to Myth-Understood: France's Revolutionary 'Ordre Profond' Revisted Bryan Smith Univ. of Victoria, 2012 https://www.uvic.ca/humanities/history/assets/docs/Honours%20Thesis%20-%20Bryan%20Smith%202012.pdf
The author ought to 'revisit' the subject again. It doesn't appear that he actually understands the French tactical system of the period and how it developed and was employed.
Well, presumably he got his BA about 8 9 years ago (assuming his dissertation was successful)?