▁of ▁the ▁Py ren ees ▁off ensive ▁when ▁his ▁soldiers ▁only ▁had ▁four ▁days ' ▁r ations . ▁ ▁T act ically , ▁Sou lt ▁planned ▁his ▁batt les ▁well , ▁but ▁often ▁left ▁too ▁much ▁to ▁his ▁sub ordinates . ▁Well ington ▁said ▁that ▁" S ou lt ▁never ▁seemed ▁to ▁know ▁how ▁to ▁handle ▁troops ▁after ▁a ▁battle ▁had ▁begun ". ▁An ▁example ▁of ▁this ▁was ▁at ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁Al bu era , ▁where ▁he ▁br illi antly ▁turned ▁Ber es ford ' s ▁fl ank ▁to ▁open ▁the ▁battle , ▁yet ▁when ▁he ▁found ▁himself ▁facing ▁unexpected ▁opposition ▁from ▁Spanish ▁and ▁British ▁troops , ▁he ▁allowed ▁his ▁gener als ▁to ▁adopt ▁a ▁cl ums y ▁attack ▁formation ▁and ▁was ▁be aten . ▁Another ▁example ▁of ▁his ▁strength s ▁and ▁weak ness es ▁can ▁be ▁seen ▁at ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁the ▁N ive . ▁Sou lt ▁recognized ▁Well ington ' s ▁strateg ic ▁d ile m ma ▁and ▁took ▁advantage ▁by ▁launch ing ▁surprise ▁attacks ▁on ▁both ▁wings ▁of ▁the ▁Ang lo - Al lied ▁army . ▁But ▁French ▁tact ical ▁execution ▁was ▁poor ▁and ▁the ▁British ▁general ▁managed ▁to ▁f end ▁off ▁Sou lt ' s ▁blow s . ▁Slo ppy ▁staff ▁work ▁mar red ▁his ▁ten ure ▁as ▁Nap ol éon ' s ▁chief - of - st aff ▁in ▁the ▁Water lo o ▁campaign . ▁ ▁Private ▁life ▁On ▁ 2 6 ▁April ▁ 1 7 9 6 ▁Sou lt ▁married ▁Johann a ▁Louise ▁Elisabeth ▁Berg ▁(