Marion seemed to possess an intuitive knowledge of his men and material, by which, without effort, he was led to the most judicious modes for their exercise.

He beheld, at a glance, the evils or advantages of a position.

By a nice adaptation of his resources to his situation, he promptly supplied its deficiencies and repaired its defects.

Till this was done, he did not sleep;--he relaxed in none of his endeavors.

By patient toil, by keenest vigilance, by a genius peculiarly his own, he reconciled those inequalities of fortune or circumstance, under which ordinary men sit down in despair.
Surrounded by superior foes, he showed no solicitude on this account.
If his position was good, their superiority gave him little concern.
He soon contrived to lessen it, by cutting off their advanced parties, their scouts or foragers, and striking at their detachments in detail.
It was on their own ground, in their immediate presence, nay, in the very midst of them, that he frequently made himself a home.