Wellington, soldier and statesman, and the revival of the military power of England . hat it gives us ameasure of what Wellington achieved in the finalstruggle between Napoleon and Europe. He keptSoult, and even Suchet, confined to a theatre of waroutside the great theatre on the Marne and theSeine; had these Marshals been able to join theirmaster, the Allies could never have reached Paris;they would probably have been driven beyond theRhine. Toulouse as his next point of resistance, reduced the strength of hisadversary to an equality with his own. He had gained seventeendays for preparation,
Wellington, soldier and statesman, and the revival of the military power of England . hat it gives us ameasure of what Wellington achieved in the finalstruggle between Napoleon and Europe. He keptSoult, and even Suchet, confined to a theatre of waroutside the great theatre on the Marne and theSeine; had these Marshals been able to join theirmaster, the Allies could never have reached Paris;they would probably have been driven beyond theRhine. Toulouse as his next point of resistance, reduced the strength of hisadversary to an equality with his own. He had gained seventeendays for preparation, had brought the Allies to deliver battle onground naturally adapted for defence, and well fortified, where one-third of their force was separated by a great river from the rest. 1 Napier (History of the Peninsular War, iii., 419), comparingWellington with Soult, remarks : Wellington possessed in a highdegree that daring promptness of action, that faculty of inspiration,. . with which Napoleon was endowed beyond all is this which especially constitutes military Longitude West 0 Longjttaae East o£ 3 Greenwich VII York
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