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the Austrian army proved an over-match even
for the enthusiastic energy of patriotism, and cooly
plucked the laurels from the brows of the Neapoli- ,
tons. We have uniformly apprehended that of
this nature must be the results of the early battle*
in the campaign, for modern warfare is reduced
too much to scientille precision to admit much
scope for calculatiug upon the achievements of
mere personal courage. It is • also to he con-
sidered, that in this quality of animal courage
there are no troops in the world superior to
the Austrians, so that in fact • Neapolitan
army cannot in this respect pretend to any
advantage over the invaders sufficient to com-
pensate for the absence of discipline and military
skill. We further learn that the Austrian army,
after the engagement as Rietie and having driven
back the assailants, pursued their march direct
upon the capital, where they hoped to arrive with-
oat the necessity of any more fighting. This,
however, must be incorrect ; for although General
Pane's corps, having suddenly advanced beyond
the frontiers and attacked the enemy unexpectedly
at Ririe might have been repulsed, there was no-
thing to prevent this body from renaming its former
elefensine poeition iu the neighbourhood of Aquae,
and of pursuing the system previously adopted of
tenassiug the invaders by constent skirmishing,
and that 'peters of desultoly warfare for which the
Abruazi are so admirably calculated. h might
indeed be pieeitnied that Ma.illal FR:1110NT had,
by the effects of the battle of the 7th, or ns some
uecounis say of the gth, relieved himself from the
pressure and annoyance of reeneral PEPE'S spiny.
and might further, itt Inert's:ivy to obtain pervr-
sion of the capital, for the purpose of striking
terror into. the people at large, disregard the re-
mains of that corps in the Abruzzi, and push fur-
ward for the great prize of the campaign. riot
the direct line from [heti to Nitrites wns occupied
by the army wader General Celeamicose, to whisk
also the PRINCE REGENT and his brother the
Prince of SALERNCS were to have attached them.
seises ;: and it is not probable that this force, which
was far superiee isi numbers miff character to the
army under General Pere, would seater the in-
traders to perform a triumphant march upon the
capital of the kingdom without making. some effort
to disconcert their- proceedings. The connected
line that stretches across the country from Terra-
eine to Pescara is regarded by military turn
as being well capable of defence. The fortress of '
Gaeta, if well• gsreisoned• and provisioned, es it is
now said to be, is almost impregnable, and every
step that leads the invaders farther iron a country
deeply imbued with feelings of hatred, and deter-
mined upon active hostility, must increase their
distresses and embarrassment*, while it proportion-
ably facilitates the movements, improves the re-
sources, ancistimolates the spirits of the chainpions
of their country. But even should the city of
Naples fall into the bandeof she invaders, no greater
evil will have happened thao has been already con-
templated, and. for which provision has been neede
by the appointment of a town, whither the seat of
Government .and the sittings of the Parliament
shall, in such an event, be transferred. N,l greater
evil will have befallea the Neapolitans than was
suffered by the Spaniards, whets their capital f4l
into the hands of the Meridiem: or by the ltussiano,
wherethey preferred to destroy the old rear of their
• empire, rather then sec it polluted by the presence
of • victorious enemy. Yet. in neither of these in-
stances did the fate of the capital determine or even
influence that of the country. Were the war one
relating to • disperke inccessioe, such as warted
Spain, whet) the Houses of Ameria and of Bourbon
contended •ffir the Sovereignty, the posseesion of
the capital must, indeed, be rinearded aids the out-
most iinportaece e but in • war of aggression by
a foreign and a hostile Power, the capital of the
kingdom is of no mote value, in is. military point of
view, for strengthening the power of mercers, or
• confirming she stability or their conquest, than any
other open town in the country.
Every tree knows that the city of Naples- cannot
be defended from an attack either by sea or land,
east that the places within it, which are by courtesy
called fortresses, are calculated note() deter an ene-
my,. but solely to overawe sad referent the citizens.
The Governeweite Calm-iota". of thia, have prudently
declined all belie of saving the city in the event of
the approach of the enemy, awl have encouraged
that spirit asueng the people which prompts them
to fly to the frontiers to repel the invade's' in the
first net of their aggresaion, and that further
teaches them, should tie/ fail• is, this, to oppose
the power and resources of the 'ninny by obstinacy
and perseverance. The Neapolitans will, in the
mean time, obtain a great and ridurary relief by
the resolution of the Pied/ asides, to follow their.
esemple. The Constitution of the Cortes has been
proclaimed in every part of Piedmont, under the
oillatiction and 'unborny of the Paince of CARM-
AN*, who exercises the Royal audit:n*li)- under the
of Regard. This set of regeneration on the
pert of the Pledmaintese, neeesselily exposes them
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to Use conoesuouces denounced by the Austrian
Derlsnot/ea ugliest all States •hat shall presume to
onslee way champs or inlfarlD,rfllClAL in their do.
axone ecooonry. eithout the concurrence of the
learned laud sagacious Pamperer Faamcsa. The
Allies inset, in persnance of the resolutions pro-
mulgated at Laybitch, nisi/de Piedmont, and oc-
cupy 'he couutry for. viz years by a military force,,