qually by any soldier
of ancient or modern times. On the occasion of his being superseded at
Bombay by General Baird, he wrote:--"My former letters will have shown
you how much this will annoy me; but I have never had much value for the
public spirit of any man who does not sacrifice his private views and
convenience when it is necessary."**

** "The Duke of Wellington's Supplementary Despatches
relating to India." Edited by his Son.

The time has arrived when foreign writers, even in France, are beginning
to do justice to the hero's fame, and to the genius displayed in his
Indian campaigns, which have been so much overlooked both at home and
abroad, although so well appreciated in India. An able writer, a French
officer--Captain Brialmont--has, in a recent work,*** especially drawn
the attention of military men in France to the Indian campaigns of
General Wellesley.

*** "History of the Life of Arthur, Duke of Wellington,"
from the French of M. Brialmont, Captain of the Staff of the
Belgian Army. With emendations and additions by the Kev. G.
K. Gleig, M.A., Chaplain-General to the Forces.

In describing the conduct of the general at Assaye, Brialmont
remarks:--"It was an inspiration of the greatest hardihood which induced
the English general to engage a force ten times as great as his own, and
covered in its front by an important river. The battle of Assaye will
always be regarded as one of the boldest enterprises of that general,
whom certain authors represent as endowed only with the qualities which
are necessary for defensive warfare."

Some time after his arrival in Europe, he was entrusted with a command
in Portugal, against the French then occupying that country. He was much
embarrassed by his own government, and the wilfulness of the people
to rescue whom was his mission. The convention of Cintra arrested
his successes. The stupidity of his superiors defeated his schemes of
conquest. "Yet, even as things stood, the success achieved was of no
ordinary character. The British soldiers had measured their swords
against some of the best troops of the empire, and with signal success.
The 'Sepoy General' had indisputably shown that his capacity wras not
limited to oriental campaigns. He had effected the disembarkation of
his troops--always a most hazardous feat--without loss, had gained two
well-contested battles, and in less than a single month had actually
cleared the kingdom o