By Charles J. Stille. Philadelphia: William S. & Alfred Martien, 1863. 40pp. Grey wraps, measuring 9 x 5.875”. Lightly soiled with wear at the extremities. Else VG. Using  Wellington’s 1811-1813 Peninsula campaign in Spain as its text, the author advances the thesis that the difficulties that inhere in the nature of a free government, often prove more fruitful of embarrassment to the favorable prosecution of a war, than the active operations of the enemy. An intriguing thesis, adroitly argued.