The calumniators of Sir Arthur Wellesley have been so industrious in
publishing their malignity, that it is unnecessary to recal to the
public observation any particular instance of it. In reading their base
absurdities, one cannot but recollect the expression of Marshal Villars
(I think it was) to Lewis XIV. ‘Sire, je vais combattre vos ennemis, &
je vous laisse au milieu des miens.’--Sir Arthur, much worse treated
than M. de Villars, says nothing about it, but beats his country’s
enemies, and despises his own.