Show 0 were never defeated j e victoriou victorious Gen u cruts who conducted Can Cun ducted ComP aLigns without 0 0 reverse Revor saiL S it Is curious and laRr interesting in read ing the live lives of great commanders mat iders to observe among the largo large number of generals who have held in dependent comman commande dg how few have careers of uninterrupted success A man who can go 10 through a campaign and fight many battles and never suffer a reverse must indeed be commander of the first order the duke of alva one of the most moat eminent soldiers of the sixteenth century never throughout his long and eventful career lost a battle the archbishop of cologne was struck by hia his efforts to avoid a conflict having on on ou occasion urged him to tt tn casaz aap the dutch the object of a general replied alva Is not to tight but to conquer he fights lights enough who obtains the victory oliver cromwell throughout his mil airy 1 caree never lost a battle though lib very nearly sustained A ra reverse at dunbar the duke of marlborough affords an excellent example of a successful soldier ile combined all the qualities necessary a great commander and although he fought several battles against the most experienced general generals in europe he was never once defeated the famous russian cene rene rai suwar off was another commander destined never to buffer suffer defeat he ae gained sev eral victories against the turks and against the poles and in italy he was opposed apposed by moreau doling completely outnumbered he effected a brilliant re treat over the mountains of switzerland drough th rough germany into he was held in great respect by his soldiers and although he showed him self to te le an exceedingly able tactician be he used to say that the whole of hie hill system was comprised in tho the words advance and strike the duke ot of wellington throughout his brilliant campaigns campaign Fi both in india and in thu the peninsula has preserved to himself a ra remarkable record of uninterrupted successes from the first battle in which he was vested with supreme command throughout the peninsular war in which he defeated als the ablest of napoleons mar marshal shah until the eventful day of waterloo when he defeated the greatest soldier of modern times dont bounce the baby when ha cries look for the pin |