New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-31

.,,ecar,se he had underestimate his en-
''" end assigned too small force 10 his lieu
tenants ..- -.,.u.-,..
-. assuming that be did not need 70 take
u' - IN fe-eCn about the time that wellins-
'' = i--renching himself in Portugal He
&c" 7od again anG again that he would soon
l''.>-- into Spair hut with his divorce 70 ar
a. ,rs the marriage with Marie Louise TO pu.
- ne was ready enough 10 hand the job
''-- :. gasserla That officer was rarely COM
GO &c Wellington himself was ready to ;id-
P 49,, he haG nc; che genius needed 70 resolve
i"~ ,le,n embodied IL the lines OF Torres
'l' and he toe, suffered, as Wellington had
Ne" ,-7rr, lack Of ar absolutely homogene-
SUI, as well d - sIlborcinates equally able
or - NAPOLEON himself and only Ma
-" rc,,ld have brought the English gen
~" .ie,,ifc scheme 10 nanGht-ano- even
era -,.o, might have been bafieo 10y if How
- she discontinue OF his army is shown
H' conversation with Foy, who took the had
)" 60 him and made notes Of his reception,
. NJ Oman reproduces in the following
passage:
siro' =, auer7es rapiI judgments. rebukes and
strIs % eTer anecdotes screeds Of political
b. lcauut y The Emperor presented & wonderful
ct
f..rI.v Foy pat u ms excuses and explanations
aet,-a q.rrs q Tho Ernpercrs TRADES why the
- 6is MasseIa thrust himself into that nuddIe
aeN -r,sS.cno Even a plain country columns
a ps> break through lines unless they are sup
9, C nv : Superior artillery f1re- Ano the dis
- al Ccimbr.i where he has lei ms hospitals
SO. O. nv soc ragged rascals! To lose your
II 1tsls Is as dlscracefCl a Il lose your flags!
=, a regularly organized country England Tor
u - massfra would have gone &c the scafol0
- hi 1ot The English are full! Of courage alfle
20 they defenc themselves well. Massena anc
. 5,s no. know them. put Reynier, whom they
-; beater twice thrice lat alexandria and
go opclt l. know them: Wellington has
M~ianl5s Ifle clever man. ms total desolation Of
"a snr5ou of Portugal Is the result of systematic
.le s1lendidly concerted could not dc
, 10, s1cT - Coinhr-a after l8lssaco2 BE
c-- -a,1s-. vya.lG have reproache6 him by say
- n vcu ta1 only pushed straight on I1St'on
NJ - ,,-"+ls fave tnli:4rke,l.'' VERY pos
- indeed repll,G The Emperor. breaking into
- smile Wei. ! wanted q drive them into
- c. have faleC. AL night: then Wi have
~ wezsr tt.e-- dow IL the nature @ things.
rs F,rcarlL cslnllo; compete II mere numbers
- ne Tt'r followed ar eAcu1sus INTO me
,g-a~Te-e q Fr,TsuL =, nerais-Junot Ney. Soult
.-.risI,v The e. curious confession that he had
g 2 r1i-..I. ..l..tlor IL taking NJ the Spanish
r. - -tc--it Tn system easier 10 change than
y 1ss proved r. that country. with is corrupt
sIlic Gue-r l71t for al that o"nt repent OF
80 Gis ..4G . smash " that nation sooner
* ia.er ;1ey Wo-lL have done me rac Turn
T. is not of,e- that Nj Oman humanizes his
ra--.:ive ly -, introduction % personalia like
IT, foregoing bur when he does do 50 his ex-
-.-siers ar 10 the point Il must he noted,
,.a that NhIi, he is not at all a picturesque
r-s,er 1t cortrives now and then &c strike q
,s-r sympathetic note. as in his portraits Of men
Il, Mass. ,ul Crs.ufUrC his lightly sketched
g...ne OF the military divagations Of King
J.eeIh. a.G his description % the prodisious
eyIloson q fl1nPcwder al ElIneica. which in
ar instant destroyed great part ot the little
rr7nchold The authors leisurely method is
qmewfai ,aI.talIZins. We would enjoy his
s.-k tie more i W could reaG ]; as d whole
Fl, that pleasure vii. Ice ours 10y and by. and
II TIE intern W cannot hrI Tee grateful for
rares as accurate and a luminous as those
which he H. thus far produced.