The National Register.
London, England, 1813-07-11 00:00:00

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abi.ut 100,000 men on each Austria, it may be ex.
pected, will pursue her indecisive line of policy. She doe•
not wish for NAPOLEON's overthrow, because, as soon as
eases to be a sovereign, the Austrian house must ht
d graded, and fli4lonOUred in the eves of the nations, for
an alliance which success alone, and the purple of empire
could justify and ennoble She would like to reduce his power :
but at the seine time she is jealous and apprehensive of the
Allies She knows that her indecision has not obtained
their friend-hip, and she is conscious that by the same rea-
son she has inclined BL oN AP A Tcr displeasure. She will
therefore, by her offers or thre:rts of interference, endea
your to maintain that balance between the Belligerents,
which prevents their dissatisfaction from bursting against
her, and makes it their interest to respect and court hers
Lowever they may disapprove of her policy. In the
eve( ution of this plan, her geographical "position powerfully
aisis s for it enables her to fall on the rear of the- con-
que•o whoever he he, if he carries his arms further than
she thinks proper. Thus if NAPOLEON be driven to the
ban! s •-f the Rhine, she may stop the career of his foes and
procure him a peace that will secure his possessions within that
river. If, on the contrary, notwiths,anding their numbers
And the enthusiastic spirit of their people, the Allies be re-
pel c'd !o the Niemen, the influence of Austria will be ex-
ert d in their favour. It is said we have in vain offered to give
her steme he French colonies, she will not espouse either
side; her position as a mediator is too flattering to her
pride to be easily relinquished.
But leaving Austria, we have only to revert to the
situation of the Belligerents in the mirth, so equally poised
in their numbers at the beginning of this month, to appre•
ciate the full value of the victory of Vitoria. It is this bat-
tle which, though fought at fdeen hundred miles distance
from Silesia, will cripple the French in that quarter. It is
that which will render them inferior to their opponents even
ih numbers. When their western frontiers arc invaded, the
mass of men Collected in the north must be dissolved, and
out of it an army must be sent to stop our progress. What
ap opportunity will not this give to the enslaved people of
Germany to join the Allies in aims, and to restore independ-
ence to the continent. The hour of freedom may be said
to have struck,—if it he allowed ,to pass unimproved never
will it sound again for mankind. England and WEL LI NG -
TON offer liberty to the world,—let the world attend, imi-
tate, and be free!

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The forti ess has sn flicient proN i glom, i,r a year. iv:clitaiy min
calculated nit it could resist-open-trenches for'tliree month., ..'en
supposing that the enemy had a besieging train of YOU pieces of
cannon, and without calculating the delay which the sortie. fr,rn
the garrison could occasion to the operation of the siege. Hut up
to this hour the enemy had in no mailer &hewn au intention of
attempting so dangerous an enterprise.

PERPIGNAN, JUNE 24.—We have just received tlielletails of the
battle of Tarragona. The Spaniards and English discinharke4i at
Salon,. near Tarrazona, in number 13,000 infantry and ;'OO horse.
They immediately Marched upon Tarragona hoping, iidonht, ta
obtain possession of that place before it could be- succoured : they
attempted to storm it, but the garrison every where repulsed /he
enemy with bravery. Upon this General. Matthieu arrived from
Barcelona, and gave battle to the ei.enty, whom he completely
defeated. The loss of the Anglo-Spaui4i army in this from
3 to OM killed or wounded, abandoned under the walls of Tatra.
Bona; the remainder precipitately, mid in the greatest disorder, •
re-embarked.

O. the 28th and 29th of May last there w a very warm affair
he the Castiles. The Spaniards were completely beaten ; O'Donners
division suffered severely. The English ships which were in the
bay of Rosas, suddenly left. We are ignorant of the cause of their
disappearance.—Journal de Paris, July '2.
PARIS, JULY 2,—Her Majesty the Empress Queen and Regent
has received the following intelligence re-pecting the situation of
the Army on the 15th of June :
On the 24th the Emperor dined with the King of
.Saxony. In
the evening, the French Comedians gave, in the Court Theatre,
one of Motive's pieces, at tvhich their Majesties were present.
The Xing of Westphalia has arrived at Dresden, to see the
Emperor.
On the 25th, the Emperor visited the different delbouches of the
forests of Dresden, and travelled about 19 leagues. His Majesty
set out about five o'clock in the afternoon, and returned at ten itt
the evening.

Two bridges have been thrown over the Elbe, opposite the
fortress of liecnigstein. The rock of Silienstein, which is upon
the tight bank, within half cannon-shot of liomig•tein, has buen
occupied mid tOrtitied : the maluzines and other military establish-
ments hate been prepared in that interesting position. A camp of
60,00 n men leaning upon the fortress of Koenig4eiii„ and being able
to manoeuvre upon both banks, would be ouattackable by •any
force whatever.

. The King of Bavaria has established round Nyniphenbourg, near
Munich, a camp of 25p10 men.
The Emperor ;las given the command of the Bavarian Corps of
Observation to the Duke of Castiglione. This army has assembled
at Wurtzintrg. It is composed cf v divisions of infantry and two of
cavalry.
The Vice-Roy is assembling between tlw Pieve 4nd the Adige
the Army of Italy, composed of three corps. General Grenier
commands One of them.

The new corps which has just been formed at Magdeburg, under
the command of General Vandamme, already consists of 40 batta-
lions, and 80 pieces or art ilcry.
The Prince of lickmuld is at Hamburgh. His corps has been re-
inforced by troops coming from France anti Holland ; so that upon
that point there are more troops than there ever were.
The Danish division which has joined the Prince of Eckmuld,
consists of 15,000 men.
The second corps, which the Duke of Belinno commands, had
bnt one division during the flngn which has just finished : this
corps has been completed, and the Duke of Bellow) now commands
three di v isi °fur. _ _

Circumstances were so urgent at the commencment of the
campaign, that battalions of tlie same regiment were dispersed into
different corp.. All has been regulated, and every regiment has
its battalions united. Every slay a great number of battalions on
their march, which pass the Elbe at Magdeburg, arrive at Witten-
berg, Tongan, and Dresden. The military equipages of the army
are now either in caissons of the old model,or caissims of the new.
model (called No. 2), or in carriages a la Comtmse, in which
provisions are conveyed for the whole army for a mouth. His Ma-
jesty has discovered that the carriages a la Comtoise, as well as the
caissons of the ancient model, have inconveniences, ang has ordered
that the equipages, as they may henceforth require replacing,
shall be estaMished upon the model of the caissons No. !I. drawn by
four horses, and which easily carry StoMal&
The army is provided with portable rni4k., weighing 1610. and
each capable of makiag five quintals of meal daily. Three of thtse
mills have been distributed to each battalion.