He lost at the Nile.
He lost at Warsaw.
He lost in the Peninsula campaign.
He lost at Waterloo.
The only test that counts for a general is whether or not he wins.
I was married to a Pole for 27 years. Great people except for one thing, when confronted with a hard object, a cement wall for example, and a door, most Poles will bend over and approximate a right angle and attack the wall even though the door is unlocked. I have never been able to figure this out.
Any Insite?
He even lost to the Palestinians defending Acre in 1799. He was unable to occupy Jeruslam due to the local Palestinian militias.