Star. — London, England, 1804-09-22 00:00:00

411ILITARr TACTICS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. Sta--. According to my promife in your lull, I art now to difclofe the fecrets of our military faith, and before I explain how thefe came into my polleffion, it may be proper to remark that there is little cat& to wonder at their not being before divulged, or at the prevalence of a fyllem which has Gunned the tell of reafon, when we refleel that all the teachers of fu. perftitious and ahfurd perfuafions have only prefented their forms and rifer for obfervance, and that the more abfurd the belief, the more merit have the devotees in all ages fatisfied themfelves that they have derived from adhering and converting to it. Among all the Britifh (oldies, who have fallen viaims, there was not one more generous, gallant, and carelefs of his own safety than my late coufin, Colonel Dasaorrooomy. Long before thole were made familiar to the eyes of the vulgar in printed publications, he had learned and trained himfelf to follow with a precifion from which, in the face of grape Got, under the fire of riflemen, or in pufhing through ravines and thickets, or over hills and en clofures, be never deviated one inch, the fyftem taught in the celebrated compilation of General At the outfit of the American war, he was again found with the !brawft in the ferviee of his country, as he had been through the glorious cam paigns of the preceding in Germany, where, in com bating a foe who then fought pretty much on the fame fyllem, his belief of its all-fufficient efficacy had been confirmed by fuccefs to enthuliaftn. At Bun key's-hill, he gloried in the praelice. while he wept over its martyrs, his friend the brave A BERCROMBY, and many others of his melimates and companions who had there charged from one mud wall to ano ther with equal courag e and order, but only found the enemy in the fatal fhot. Some time afterwards, when lefs devotedly mag nanimous leaders were preparing a part of our forces to contend with the Americans according to their own mode of warfare, the apprehenfion of fuch apof lacy fo afteifted his mind and health, that he was fay ed from the difgrace by a difiemper which fent him home for acute. At the breaking out of the lett war, the preponderance in the coalition of our Ger man confederates left no room for any fear of the fame kind. and he flew again to arms with revived ardour. May his virtues be ever loved and held in veneration I He would then even have facrificcd his Military faith, and met the murderers of Louis with the refolution to avenge the innocent blood flied in France, and to print& true religion, loyalty, and to cial order through the world. without regard to line, colomn, or meafured Ups Nothing to painful was, however, required from him. It was laft to the Ja cobin anarchitis to aft according to &auk's; and eircumfiances. and to clog their exertions by no rule inconfiftent with there. As he bad never Bed before the enemy, and never was called upon to Wail them, but according to the letter of the rules. no wonder that fuel; a man as he became an example to the army. It was with the allies chiefly that he now (creed. At left he was trailed, in reward of his he roifm, with the arcane and creed of that tram, from which, in alien, he had never deviated. Thefe be made his favourite ftody, and carries; a copy of the text, with his own commentaries, in the fame catket with the work I have before mentioned, wherever be fought. In the battle of Fleurus (I than never name it without tears), he led his battalion, who, with him, never knew what it was to be afraid, to execute att order, to diflodge from the copies, in clofurcs, and lanes of a hamlet, the enemy's parties, who were firing from thence en tiraideurs very de ftruclively upon one wing of the advancing army. His difpofition was fuch, that in a charge be would have driven double the number he was fent to at tack, and that they could have made no impretlion had they charged him. In both views it was fruit lefs, according to the unerring rules of German war fare. But they had heeded thofe no more than a (warm of hornets would have done. At firft a loofe fire from the cover thinned his ranks, which doled immediately and Readily moved on. Then, as they approached the thickets, a heavy and deadly difcharge met them, which Rill left enough alive to penetrate without eonfufion. But, alas 1 this was only at chieved to procure a glimpfe of the feattered retreat to other linker. Thus it fared with the Colonel in polliffion of the guns, which had fired grape (hot upon Isis battalion at each fucceffive advance, until it was worn out, and few remains could no longer de terve that name. The fire of the French then got into his rear and all around, and. after many wounds he fell with his fword in his hand ; and, with his lag breath, bequeathed it and his catket to me, his heir at law, at whofc farm he had (pent many of his days; of peace, and where it was his delight to teach me all he knew of " war'. vaR art," milling his faithful fervent, who furvived, to wins& that be died as be had lived, without fear and without reproach. I mean to purfue no farther the Wary of that engagement, tot which my private misfortune with-1 chew my attention frotn that of the public. I have been told that where my eonfin fell, the French isn mediatery afterwards deferted the ground, havingbad no other intention in that quarter but to bleed and walk, and difurder the allied at my, which they ac complifhed fo completely as to ditable altogether that wing from making any impreffion, while they .n turn attacked the other and the center. Erzry thing that had belonged to him was inte refting to mc. In the canto I thought that I traced the caufe of his fete. The creed for which he bled appeared in the form of a catechtfm, from which I sill only at prefent have room to !late that the firft queftion is, What is the chief end of a litldier ?" And the anfwer, "To die, or to be killed." From this principle the whole follows in the moil conk quential manner imaginable, and all the rules and iiluirations in afloat praitice among us appear to be Lotly deduced. 1 prop o fe lion to tranfmit to you the molt mate rial of there, but I beg leave inilantly ta enter my meat agaiaft the principle itfelf, and to infat that the objet ought to be "se Ell sr conquer the twiny," which I hope Come one acquainted with their mode of fighting will thew us how to do, although they liquid continue to be fo unmannerly as not to wait flr the charge of our columns, and foinotimes to af t.il there like a difordeily rabble whenever opportu- L tv ferves ; and at others, to form regularly, and up..n them unprepared, without gising fair no tice. A TIONAII OF ATISFIIILS. SHAM FIGHT. Yefierday morning ',relented to the Loyal inha• bitants of the Metropolis and its vicinity a fight high ly gratifying—that of a great number of his Majef t y's fubjeEts voluntarily meeting together, and at their own ezpenee, for the purpofe of ezpreffing their zeal In the repulfion of the Invading Foe ; the Sol dier on his Terra Firma, and the Seaman, the Wa terman, and the Fifiterman, on their proper element —each enOestirouring to be the molt forward in his fervice. At eight o'clock in the morning, the Fiat Surrey Regiment of Volunteers. Commanded by Lieute nant Colonel Commandant Garr , which have been joined by the two Companies of the St. Olave's Corps, Captain Commandant Shaw, as their 7th and Bth Battalion Companies, and the Rifle Corps attached to the regiment, under the command of Captain Dims, muttered at their parade in front of the Seffions Houle, Horfemonger-lane, Newing ton. They were paraded without knapfacks or ha verfacks, as it was deemed expedient in preference to convey the neceffary refrefhments, to be partaken of at a proper time, in their foraging waggon to the around where they were, after landing and 11'4111U:h -ong, to halt. At half pall tl, A. M. the Corps hav ing been told off in Cations, according to the bulk of the boats they were to embark io, marched off the parade to Black Friar's Bridge. On their way thi ther, they were joined by the Chrill Church Corps, Major Lancarrta which fell in on their rear. When they arrived there , found a divifion of gun boats, and boats fitted for the reception of troops, lying to, the whole under the chief command and fuperinten. dance of Captain Data ALD, in the abfence of Com modore Lucas, who has fo worthily filled that fitu. ation on former occafions. The Corps then embark. ed in the follawing order : _ - The Had of Male In the Rift boat. The Field Olken and their Friends In the (wood, The Captains of Companies and Staff in the third, The Itide Company, with the Light Company, in the neat And the Battalion, aelth thdr drutt;,bugles. ace. regularly follow ing, according to feniority. The boats, on an average, contained 3o perfons each, and are fitted, though conveniently, yet limply, fo as to be done at a minute's notice, where deal or other planks can be procured. On the part of the River Fencibles, there were (even men to each boat, a ttc:rfmaa at the helm, four rowing oars in the bbws and two abaft, the latter being adapted nbt only to keep her way, but in cafe of being obliged to go Item on, they would have a great advantage. Lieutenants Rowan and Gm afGtled Captain DittIIKALD in fuperintending the embarkation.which. from the previous difpofinons, was as correa as it was expeditious. On the whole being embarked, and the boats put nut in the ftream fi gnal guns were fired for the other Regiments to embark, and the firs divilion led on by the gun and row boats, proceeded, as the orders termed it, " on an expedition up the River," but with orders to bring tip and lie to before they came into Chelfea Reach to wait for the other two divifions. The Royal Weaminfter, Commanded by Colonel Rosearson, which had alto paraded at eight o'clock in the King's Mews, marched off, after going through percifely the fame forms as the &It Surrey, to Weft minder Bridge foot, at half pall nine o'clock, where they formed, and foon after twelve embarked in a divifion of boats under the Command of Captain CLAP. tun*, and proceeded upwards to Chelfea Reach. The Loyal Lambeth, Lieutenant Colonel SLUES, fell in at their exercising ground at Vauxhall, from whence they marched to the llifhop's Palace Stairs, at Lambeth, where they embarked in a divifion of Boat% under the Command of Captains SMITH and BETTS. The whole being now embarked, a Grand Salute was fired from the 14. pound commodes, the Troops prefenting arms, the Mufic playing and Drums beating. The Commodore then, affined by Lieutenants ROWED and GP tar proceeded to form the Squadron in a double line, viz. an entire range of boats on the North Shore, and au oppofing one on the South ; the gun boats, each towed by a row boat, being a-head ; the troop boats with the firß Surrey Regiment be ing the Van Divifion or Right Wing, thofe having the Lambeth and Chrift Church on board the Center, and thole with the Royal Wellminfter on board the Rear Divifion or Left Wing. On the whole being formed, fignal guns were fir ed from the gun boats for their getting under way, which was done in the following t.cder The Commodores rowed by fix Men. Four Gun Busts, with a4-pound carronsdes, The lit Surrey, with the St. 014;4, and Captain Dabb'a Rica Come, The Chrilt Church, The Loyal Lambeth. And The Royal Wdtminfter. The line was exceedingly well kept, although the lide fet very Ilrong, and there was a great (well in the Reach. The whole. at a quarter pall one, got under way, and in palling Chellea Hofpital and Batterlea-bridge, the gun boats a-head fired falutes of fix guns each, but the numerous fpeelators of the fcene afloat and alhore were much difaprinted as the intended en gagement on the water did not take place. We pre fume the extreme roughnefs of the water. nccalinned by a full tide up, and the wind right down, which brought the troop boats Co low, that the gunnels were frequently to the water's edge, caufed that part to be left out. On coming up to Wandfworth Mill, the Fira Sur rey were d.h.mbarked and took A Rrong pofition ; the right wing in the field above the Mill, and the kft in the angle of the road leading from the town of Wandfworth. where forming oWisioely they could enfilade their invaders ; they reprefenting an Eng lith Army defending their Coaft again(! a French enemy. The Light Inf.ustry were in front formed ex &barn. Soon after the enemy appeared, which was an nounced by the bugle, the gun-boats came up to cover their binding, mooring head and nem, with fprings on their cables, to rake the (bore. Under co ver of their fire, the Chrifl Church landed, not with out great refinance from the Advanced guard of the Englifh, and were followed by the Lambeth, who met with the like oppofition. The advanced guard were drove in, and fell in on the rear of their main body. The Rifle Corps, whit h on ibis occafion was attached to the enemy, lar.ded above the creak. sad 'coming through gardens, and firing from behind hedges, the party on the left wing on that with the fire of the light divifion of the Lambeth, they were drove in, and the enemy occupied their ad vantageous pofition, which, from inferiority of num bers, they were compelled to quit. Two regular armies being now oppofed to each other, every fkirmillsing manoeuvre and feigned movement was made ufe of to draw the enemy from his throng hold withont effesh. The Light Compa n;:s and the Rifle Corps made fome excellent ad vances and retreats, and the Battalions' independent firing by files was well performed. At length the Englilh army, under a heavy fire, retreated an good order, by wings, and marched down a lane leading to Clapham Common, where they halted on the brow of a hill, leaving their rear guard to defend the bridge leading to it ; there fitting on the lap of their mother earth, they partook of fome refrefhment, the Colonel down to the drum-boy faring alike. On the found of the bugle, announcing the enemy's ap proach, the regiment flood to their arms, and after leaving a reinforcement to their advanced guard, marched to Clapham Common, where they halted and formed. The advanced uard were driven hack, but the enemy purfuing his luppofed fuccefs too far, was led into an ambufeade, and was, after a brave refißance, and fome very heavy firing, compelled to offer terms, which being accepted, they were allowed to march off with drums beating, colours flying, and all the honours of war. Three cheers were given by each party, and the whole then paged Col.Gis 'Ts a a Le, as the conquering General, in review order, and were marched home to criarters, leaving Clapham Com mon about feven o'clock. On the whole, it was one of the belt reviews teen for tome time paa—it was divelted entirely of pa rade and review manoeuvres ; all that was done was to thew the proper mode of refilling the attack of an invading foe, who, if he asoold have a momentary fixed' at landing, would, from want of knowledge of the country, and the opportunity the defenders would have of receiving reinforcements, be at length defeated. The Royal Wellminiler did not land with the Surrey Corps. but went up to Putney, where, after exercife, and taking refreibment, they re-embarked for Weßminfter Bridge ;n the fame boats they came down in. No lesions accident happened on the occafion ; but we are extremely lorry to Rate, that fhortly after the Royal Wefiminfier landed near Putney, one of the ' privates, fuppofed to be fomewhat inebriated, became mutinous, and (poke fo difrefpeafully of the Colonel, that he was ordered into the cullody of a double file of grenadiers. A drumhead Court Martial was im mediately held on him, and he was adjudged to be drummed out of the regiment, with every mark of difgrace ; which fentence, greatly to the fatisfac • tion of the corps, was immediately carried into ex ecution. Not the [mallet accident happened, although the fpeaators were fo numerous, either to boats or per lons ; every one feemed fatufied. We have not yet heard of any meeting to confider of removing the vifitors at any of the watering places, in cafe of invalion. Many of them, however, are difpofing of their property as fail as they can. The troops encamped in the vicinity of Cork, were under orders to itrike their tents on Monday morning laft,to march to fome central part of the diftria,break into columns, and repair to their refpeEtive quarters. General MCYR IC K has arrived at Clonmel, in order to take the command of the troops in that diftriet. Lord CO/MICH/114 we underhand, aflame: the command at Ennifkillen. On Wednefday laft, at Manchefier, feveral men were convided, and paid 4os. each, the penalty for addling with the Ovcrfeers, under the late AR of Parliament, and refuting to be attefied. The 4th and sth Regiments of Loyal London Vo lunteers were yenerday infpeled at Kennington Common, by General Lavato, who expretred him felf highly fatisfied with them. The sth is very much improved by having been out on permanent duty for ten days, at Croydon. The prefentation of the colony, of the EaR Bat talion of the Mendip Legion. took place on Tuefday laR, on Havyatt-green. The colours being conk. crated by the Rev. Mr. WYLDB. as reprefentative of the Right Hon. Hawav ADDING TON, who gives the colours to the regiment. which is commanded by his brother, Colonel ADDINGTON, Mr. WYLDI prefented them, with a judicious and becoming addrefs, to the Commanding Officer. A (ham engagement after wards took place. The famons KITTY Ctisis obtained her hufband by ringing ' with peculiar expreffion, there four lines in Gay's ballad of 'Twat suhea the Seat were roaring : Skovld you foam coat be laid on, When gold and diamonds grata, You'd and a richer maiden, But none that loves you fo. Att. FOR Lova !—Y ellerday an unhappy young girl intercity(' the paffengers in Oxford-flreet, where (he had feared herfelf at the door of a refpeelable houfe, apparently in great diflrefs. Her drefs was in the country way, and though dirty, the did not ap pear in the tatters which depia our common ftreet beggars. She related to the by-handers, that on Tuelday fe'nnight the eloped ftom her father, a far mer, at Fareham, in li.imprhire, and with the (mall fum of (even 'billings, let oh for London, tinder ex pettation of teeing a young man named Golding, who had formerly paid his addreffcs to her, but had fine been to the Eaft Indies, from whence he re turned with the late China fleet, and on his artival at Blackwall, fent a letter, inviting her to come and meet him, promifing to accompany her h , rne again. She accordingly went to the place appointed ; but unfortunately, jolt before the got there, the object of her folicitude had been impveffed. and fent to the North Sea fleet. She therefore found berfclf in a &range place, her Sock of money exhatilled, and want her only companion. She declared the had not tatted food for two days, and her appearance gave credit to the afertion. The Gentleman at whole door the was fitting, nn heaving her Rory, pro. sailed to write to her father, and if the told the truth, he obferved the &avid be conveyed home at his ex pence. In the mean time, he humanely afforded her reap( •••41 at-. L:- SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. KINGSCOTE RACES, WEDNESDAY, SFPT. 19. Fifty Pounds fnr real Hunters, &c. Mr. Hawke'', rb. g. by King Farm Mr. Fuller's eh g. Sunbeam. FiViy Pounds, for Horfes of all Mr. G. Pigot's cb. e. Wbeatear, lift. islb. 4 g Mr. Scrope's Elmore, t alt. 61b. - II • • Capt. Hervey 's Cormorant, 4 yr* old, sat. tslb. - $ 4 3 Major Pigot's Gary Owen,' 'IL iilb. - - • 3 Or Mr. Glover's Cock-(pincer, iti alb - - 3 Sde Mr. Douglas's Helicon, sift. - 6 6 die Elmore the favourite. The Cup, value roogs. a fuhrcription •f logo. (mai. Mr. B. Price's Loco, by Cardock,s yr. old 0 • Sir H. Lippincott's gr g. Slate, 4 yes old Col. Kingleotes eh. c. by Waxy, 4 yrs old 1 0 I t S 0 $ is 1 Monday laft a cock partridge was killed on Hoer Farm, Hambledon. Bucks, by Mr. Fortnom, of Hen ley, which weighed twenty ounces and a half ; its girt acrofs the bread was twelve inches and a half. InfiAnces are very rare where a partridgein this coca try has been found to weigh a pound. Yefierday, at Marlborough-fireet. John White, Chridopher Holllon. George Gardner, %V. Hill, W. Grace, C. Hammond, and W. Martin, were brought up by Bench Warrants, for a Riot at Harrnw oaths Hill, and affaniting Tesostas O'Brian!. on the 7th inflant. The Defendants are artificers, and veers employed at a building. where the Profecntor is Foreman of the Works. A furn of money had bee* given by a Lady at Harrow for the workmen to drink, and after it had operated on them, Osmium was accufed of diftributing it partially. They do cordingly placed bim on a wooden both, and drag ged him through the town, having collegial WO a numerous body. They nest determined as givim him a ducking in a horfe pond, in doing which they threw him over, 'and broke his collarbone. It was not until the military had interfered that peace was relieved. They were moaly committed in defank of Yeflerday at noon, as a gentleman's pleating-boat was going up Lambeth Reach. having on board two young men and a boy, apparently fervants, fuppofed to be following the military procaine, it op-fee by the ftrength of the wind and fwell. Some perfone who were in boats made up to the objeas of dieters, and (matched one of them from his impending fate., The boy was not leen; but the other man was ob ferved at the furface of the water at intervals, but It was impoffible to fare him, from the very great (well. The only one of the three that was fared was con veyed to a houfe in Lambeth, where nouriihment was afforded him. On Saturday night at twelve o'clock, a fire, which, for a few hours. threatened deßruaion to the fur rounding hoofes, took place at Mrs. O'Hara's, a pawnbroker, in Chancery-lane, Dublin, owing, kis , laid, to a candle baring fallen among tome loofa clothes in one of the upper apartments. In a Sort time the blaze was tremendous, and the Insure having been wainfeotted, added to the horrible grande al the fcene. Only four engines attend ,ed , but duke were admirably fupplied and worked, under the di reCtion of Col. Grant, and a number of Officers belong ing to the 72d, 36th, and other regiments in mean. whofe zeal and activity in eztinguifhing the flames were highly confpicuous. A gentleman belonging to Dublin Calls, in the uniform of an Aid-de-camp, diflinguiffied himfelf by his attire affdlaricei and contributed greatly by his direainns to far e th e ad joining boo es. In fee, every defcription of perfons were emulous in affording aid wherever it might be wanting, and to this happy union are the of ' that neighbourhood indebted for the fafet p y " j i t e heir prolierty. Flambeauzs and candles were lighted up In Golden-lane, Chancery-lane, &c. in order to direa ' the paffage of the water carriers and the engines, but the flames were fo great in a few minutes after the fire broke out, that this kind precaution was render ed almoll ufelels. A great deal of the property, we underfiand, has been fared, but the lots mutt be immenfe. Many a poor wretch conceived his pk*e the role caufe of every new blaze—and whiltt his bean heaved a melancholy figh, his eyes purfued the (canned affies of his fuppofed srric.'es, never more to be raker/yd. Detachments of the 7ad and 36th regiments, and parties of the watch attend ed on the (pot to prevent confufion or pillage. It was principally from pumps in the neighbourhood that the water was procured which extingoilhed the fire at NIT S.O'Hara's ; for fuch is the (catchy of water in Dublin, that, during the whole of Sunday, men, women, and children of every defcription were en deavouring to fare from the kennels in Chancery-lane and the adjoining thoroughfares fuch of it as ran wage. Mrs. O'Hara's lots by this fire is computed at no left than 40001. and it would have been much greater but for the humanity and attention of her neighbours, who opened their houfes, and received large quantities of the goods, which laved them from fume hardened mifcreants who were endeavouring to Real them away. The fire was not dircovered until one room was nearly cnnfumed, when the flames burned from a cieling, and flintily after the floor fell into the room u here tome of Mrs. O'Hara's children were in bed, who had jolt time to efcape bciag buried in the fall, and firft gave the alarm. 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