The highest praise, too, is due to the troops, who proved themselves worthy of such a leader.

Their confidence in their chief inspired them with a valor equal to his own.

They bore uncomplainingly the greatest hardships and fatigues, and engaged unquestioningly in adventures and exploits against odds which made success appear absolutely hopeless.

The hundred and fifty dragoons who followed the Earl of Peterborough to the conquest of Valencia deserve a place side by side with the greatest heroes of antiquity..