It is difficult to manage allied troops.

It is still more difficult to manage allied troops and an allied fleet.

Washington did both with infinite address, and won.
The chief factor of his success in this direction lay in his profound personal influence on all men with whom he came in contact.

His courtesy and tact were perfect, but he made no concessions, and never stooped.

The proudest French noble who came here shrank from disagreement with the American general, and yet not one of them had anything but admiration and respect to express when they wrote of Washington in their memoirs, diaries, and letters.