Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . at of the Frenchforces. In all these battlesand sieges, Wellesley hadbeen ably assisted by theSpanish and Portugueseforces, more, however, asguerillas than as disciplinedsoldiers. For his services inthe Peninsular War, Welles-ley was created Duke ofWellington and rewarded with a grant of four hundredthousand pounds. In the meantime, Napoleon, who had left to his marshalsthe conduct of the war in the Peninsula, had invaded Russiawith an army of over ha
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . at of the Frenchforces. In all these battlesand sieges, Wellesley hadbeen ably assisted by theSpanish and Portugueseforces, more, however, asguerillas than as disciplinedsoldiers. For his services inthe Peninsular War, Welles-ley was created Duke ofWellington and rewarded with a grant of four hundredthousand pounds. In the meantime, Napoleon, who had left to his marshalsthe conduct of the war in the Peninsula, had invaded Russiawith an army of over half a million men. The expedi-tion proved a disastrous failure; all but a few thousandsof his immense army perished miserably. The emperor wasnow at the mercy of his enemies. Wellington had, by thistime, crossed the Pyrenees, and was marching Russians and Prussians had crossed the Rhine andwere advancing on Paris. Napoleon resisted desperately,but was forced to surrender. He was sent to Elba, asmall island in the Mediterranean not far from the coastof France, and a younger brother of Louis XVI was placedon the French throne,. The Duke op Wellington 252 HISTORY OF ENGLAND [1815
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