Wellington, soldier and statesman, and the revival of the military power of England . in a word, was full of abuses anddefects; Wesley remarked that the officers in 1794were careless and idle; that outpost duties weremiserably performed ; that incapacity was conspicu-ous even in the highest places. This, too, was nearlythe view of Nelson about this time ; and in truth,after Saratoga and Yorktown, the British Armystood ill in opinion in England, and throughoutEurope. Arthur Wesley appears to have had a con-viction that he had no opportunity to rise in such acalling; he was disgusted with what h
Wellington, soldier and statesman, and the revival of the military power of England . in a word, was full of abuses anddefects; Wesley remarked that the officers in 1794were careless and idle; that outpost duties weremiserably performed ; that incapacity was conspicu-ous even in the highest places. This, too, was nearlythe view of Nelson about this time ; and in truth,after Saratoga and Yorktown, the British Armystood ill in opinion in England, and throughoutEurope. Arthur Wesley appears to have had a con-viction that he had no opportunity to rise in such acalling; he was disgusted with what he had seen inthe Netherlands, and actually applied for a civil post;for he said, I see the manner in which military offi-ces are filled. Propitious Fortune, however, refusedhis prayer; he was to be shown to her, like theRoman, in a very different aspect. The destiniesof the greatest men have thus hung upon seemingtrifles; Cromwell had turned his eyes to New Eng-land before the great Civil War ; Napoleon sought amission to the Turk when on the eve of command-ing the Army of CHAPTER II CAREER IN INDIA Wesley fails to get a post in the Civil Service— He is prevented fromgoing in an expedition to the West Indies—He is sent with the33rd to India—His memorandum on military affairs, the firstinstance of his sagacious views on this subject—Lord Morning-ton made Governor-General—The two brothers in India—Stateof our Empire and of the Company at this conjuncture—Thename of Wesley changed back to that of Wellesley—Operationsagainst Tippoo Sahib—Arthur Wellesley, as a rule, on the side ofpeace—His failure at an outpost—Fall of Seringapatam—Set-tlement of Mysore—Wellesley made Governor—His adminis-tration—Defeat of Dhoondiah Waugh—Baird sent to Egypt in-stead of Wellesley—The Mahratta War—Assaye, great abilityshown by Wellesley in the battle—Lord Lakes operations—De-feat of Monson—Wellesley leaves India for England. WE know nothing of what o
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