The latter, although not naturally boastful, had been so nettled by a big comrade underrating his courage and muscular power, in regard to which latter he, Bobo, was rather vain, that he vowed he would prove both by going to the front and bringing in, single-handed, a live Russian sentinel!
"In the Track of the Troops"
R.M. Ballantyne
But Napoleon once more made the mistake of underrating both the numbers and the abilities of his foes.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
When we leave the Tories and turn to the soldiery we find one other common English failing-underrating an adversary.
"The Siege of Boston"
Allen French