Wellington, soldier and statesman, and the revival of the military power of England . sieges; he seized theoccasion with energy and skill; he captured Ciu-dad Rodrigo and Badajoz under the beard, so tospeak, of the enemy. When the keys of Spain hadthus passed into his hands, he conducted the inva-sion that followed with fine judgment, at least atfirst; and though he was outmanoeuvred by Mar-mont, his tactics at Salamanca were a masterpiece inthe field. And the results of his achievements hadbeen very great; he had, with forces sometimesmuch inferior in strength, destroyed the renown andconfide
Wellington, soldier and statesman, and the revival of the military power of England . sieges; he seized theoccasion with energy and skill; he captured Ciu-dad Rodrigo and Badajoz under the beard, so tospeak, of the enemy. When the keys of Spain hadthus passed into his hands, he conducted the inva-sion that followed with fine judgment, at least atfirst; and though he was outmanoeuvred by Mar-mont, his tactics at Salamanca were a masterpiece inthe field. And the results of his achievements hadbeen very great; he had, with forces sometimesmuch inferior in strength, destroyed the renown andconfidence of the French armies; he had made theinvaders leave Andalusia, never to return ; he hadpractically upset the tottering throne of catastrophe which befell Napoleon in the north,and which shook his power on the Continent to itsbase, was to open a new career to Wellington inSpain ; he was erelong to overwhelm the enemies inhis path, to strike them down in a decisive battle,and to carry the war into France itself, while the per-ishing Empire was crashing down in
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