Excerpt from The Life of His Grace Arthur, Duke, Marquis, and Earl of Wellington, Viscount Wellington of Talavera and of Wellington, and Baron Douro of Wellesley, All in the County of Somerset, K. G, Vol. 1 of 3 We may than aver, without fear of contradiction, that on the valour of our troops, and on the skill of our general, (as it has been most-eloquently said by one of our most exalted statesmen) have depended the cause of Liberty in Spain, in Portugal, in Europe, nay in Britain herself, and throughout the whole Universe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.