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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 9964, 7 May 1918, Page 3

Tho abilities of our military loaders have been much under discussion theso last few days, says a Jjondon correspondent. What, it may bo wondered, would the old-timers have said of the merits of the various men? One soldier's opinion of another i 3 always interesting. Wellington thought Napoleon's presence in the field made tho difference of 40,000 men. "There was nothing like him—he suited a JTrench army so exactly." Napoleon regarded Wellington as able, but lucky. He considered Tilly and Wallenetein tar better generally than Gustavus Adolphus. Turenne he placed far in advance of Frederick the Great. "If i had had a man like Turenne as my second in, command during my campaigns, I should now be master of the world." Hannibal, according to Plutarch, sometimes ranked Alexander, sometimes Pyrrkus, as the foremost general of all time. Scipio he generally placed second. Himself he racked but third—or fourth—after these. Posterity hae modified his verdict, to tho' advantage of his. fame.