...erv tirely voluntary. The Spanish generals, like their government, had no authority, excepting while they acted in unison with the feelings of those whom they commanded. They could neither restrain their soldiers in success, nor command them when a reverse of fortune occurred,...

...feeling at the commencement of the contest. The account is thus introduced by the author : — " At tbat time, indeed, the Spanish generals, like their government,...hardly a large town in Spain that had not its victim." " As soon as the latter General (Cuesta) found that Cevallos* was likely to be sacrificed to popular...

...entirely voluntary. The Spanish generals, like their government, had no authority, excepting while they acted in unison with the feelings of those whom they commanded. They could neither restrain their soldiers in success, nor command them when a reverse of fortune occurred,...