 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1872 - 352 pages
...could be stronger than that which was nobly, nay magnanimously, given by his rival Lord Athlone. " The success of this campaign" he said "is solely due...opposed in all circumstances his opinion and proposals." : In relating the war which at this time was waged in the Low Countries we may observe that it was... | |
 | Louise Creighton - Great Britain - 1879 - 374 pages
...he showed called forth the warm admiration even of Athlone, who wrote: "The success of this campaign is solely due to this incomparable chief, since I...opposed in all circumstances his opinion and proposals." Having disposed his army in their winter quarters, Marlborough set out for the Hague, on his way back... | |
 | Isaac Saunders Leadam - Great Britain - 1909 - 636 pages
...moral authority lacking before. " The success of this campaign," the Earl of Athlone acknowledged, " is solely due to this incomparable chief, since I...opposed in all circumstances his opinion and proposals." Public opinion at home indorsed this judgement. The queen offered Marlborough a dukedom. With characteristic... | |
 | William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole - Great Britain - 1912 - 610 pages
...moral authority lacking before. " The success of this campaign," the Earl of Athlone acknowledged, " is solely due to this incomparable chief, since I...opposed in all circumstances his opinion and proposals." Public opinion at home indorsed this judgement. The queen offered Marlborough a dukedom. With characteristic... | |
 | Stuart Johnson Reid - Great Britain - 1914 - 604 pages
...recognize Marlborough 's ability in these rapid military operations. " The success of this campaign is solely due to this incomparable chief, since I...as second in command, opposed in all circumstances Lord Marlborough's opinions and proposals."1 Athlone gained his title in the Irish Rebellion, and was... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1828 - 802 pages
...general, and declared that the whole success was owing to him alone, " since I confess," said he, " that I, serving as second in command, opposed, in all circumstances, his opinion and proposals." The queen immediately acquainted his wife with her intention of raising him to a dukedom. This intelligence,... | |
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The success of this campaign," he said, " is solely due to this incomparable chief, since I confess that I, serving as second in command, opposed in all circumstances his opinion and proposals." No panegyric can equal this candid avowal. It is alike honourable... 
