Original sentence: Both were last desperate attempts to ward off the enemy and both exhausted the last military resources of Napoleon and Hitler respectively.It was also the crowning achievement of the Portuguese Army in the Peninsular War, which became Wellington's work horse as "the fighting cocks of the army" (Letter to Lord Liverpool, 25 July, Lesaka.The Soult offensive is compared to the Ardennes Offensive in 1944
Edited sentence: Both were a last desperate essay to ward off the enemy and both spent the last military resources of a tyrant.It is also the crowning achievement of the Portuguese Army in the Peninsular War, which became the working horse of Wellington "the fighting cocks of the army" (Letter to Liverpool, July, 25th, Lesaka.The Soult offensive is compared to the Ardennes offensive in 1944