both these, I believe the English will cede to none; but, alas! our troops cannot reap a harvest of glory, because they not only want correspondent officers, but occasions properly selected by the minister in which to display their valour!
As to Buonaparte's laws, it would be inconsiderate to attempt their definition here; I will only say, that if superior wisdom, and a constellation of talent, can frame good laws, his may be expected to be such. As to his troops, they are only inferior to the British. How they are officered, all the world can tell.
The description our author gives of mixed troops in the 12th chapter will be found a correct picture of the British army and their allies the Spaniards, who acted with all the cowardice of mercenary troops.
As the nature and quality of those mercenary troops which our author mentions are not generally known, I will describe them.
"In Italy, the greater portion of the wars were carried on by hired generals and
