Wellington, soldier and statesman, and the revival of the military power of England . he stoodrather aloof from his immediate family ; his homewas not blessed by devoted affection. Though hewas really attached to a few friends, he was lonely,honoured and revered as he was ; he never attractedprofound human sympathy; this was one of hisdefects as a chief; he was respected by his officersand soldiers, never loved. His correspondence, asmay be supposed, was immense ; he was punctualand precise in attending to it; his replies to imperti-nent and frivolous letters, which came in in thousands,were t
Wellington, soldier and statesman, and the revival of the military power of England . he stoodrather aloof from his immediate family ; his homewas not blessed by devoted affection. Though hewas really attached to a few friends, he was lonely,honoured and revered as he was ; he never attractedprofound human sympathy; this was one of hisdefects as a chief; he was respected by his officersand soldiers, never loved. His correspondence, asmay be supposed, was immense ; he was punctualand precise in attending to it; his replies to imperti-nent and frivolous letters, which came in in thousands,were to the point and often very amusing. As we25 386 Wellington look back at that long and glorious career of renownin arms and civic virtue, we feel that the poet haswritten the truth of Wellington : Rich in saving common senseAnd as the greatest only are,In his simplicity good gray head which all men knew,O voice from which their omens all men drew,O iron nerve to true occasion true,O falln at length that tower of strengthWhich stood four square to all the winds that blew!. INDEX Aberdeen, Lord, contrastedwith Palmerston, 368 Altmera, battle of, 151 Alexander, Czar, conduct of,during Napoleons inva-sion of Russia, 189, 192 Almeida, taken by Massena,117; besieged by Welling-ton, 130, 133, 136 Aspern, reverse of Napoleonat, 90 Assaye, battle of, 36-38 Austria, attitude of, towardFrance after PortugueseCampaign, 140 B Badajoz, besieged and takenby Soult, 128, 131; siegeof, abandoned by Beres-ford, 150; siege of, re-newed by Wellington 152;description of, 153; meet-ing of Soult and Marmontat, 153; Soult and Mar-mont decline battle withWellington at, 154; be-sieged for the third timeand taken by Wellington,164-169 Baird, General, supplantedby Wellington in com- mand of the Army of theNizam, 2 2; victorious atthe siege of Seringapatam,25; supplanted by Wel-lington as Governor ofSeringapatam, 27; sent toEgypt instead of Welling-ton, 30 Bautzen, battle of, 194 Baylen, battle of,
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