Memoirs of the War in Spain e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Marshal Suchet wrote his Memoirs during the latter period of his life, when the return of peace enabled him to indulge without restraint in the meditations of his riper years. He had caused numerous extracts to be made from his official correspondence, and personally superintended the selection; by so doing he not only reviewed the principal facts, but the details with which they were connected, in order to record every circumstance deserving of notice. As competent a judge of the plan of action as at the time when he had an immediate control over it, he held the thread of his operations, placed them in their proper light, exhibited their real motives, developed their results, and bestowed a due meed of praise upon all who had distinguished themselves under his orders.