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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

lor his ttorws and the comparative weakness of the t nervy.
Sorb a Commander would iiistainly take trp the gauntlet of
defiance thrown by Napoleon, and single-handed would en-
counter his feet., however superior in numbers it might be.
Seciaidh, the Prussians partake of the ardour of their chief;
hev are the most inveterate of all nations against the French,
and the most hated by the French themselves, so that on both
there would he no shyness in engaging, but the battle
Nvould he fought with all the eagerness and fury of national
anim ait v. Tbi,div, it would not be in the power of Marshal
blucher, even if willing, to fall hark to any considerable dis-
tance, as such a movement would break the chain of the allied
armies, and enable the enemy to establish himself between
them, on the very centre of their communications. 'Nona-
. parte may therefore be induced to make his first attack on a
point where he is sore not to be baffled by a retreat; where
his soldiers will fight with double energy ; whe,e, by drawing
in the corps now stationed on his right and left, he may, at a
few hours notirc,_bring a super for force, and the possession of
which would produce a fatal chasm in the line of his oppo-
nents, and would leave Lord Wellington unsupported, 14 ith
310 other opening for retreat than the sea. in our opinion,
however, he will try his fortune in a different qua; ter. Whilst
},online his armies into the Duchy of Luxemboure, and as-
sailing Blucher with nearly all his power, is would necessa•
eily be compelled to weaken the force whiclt now covers his
frontiers in Alsace; the passage of the Rime below Strasburgh
might then be easily effected by the Aus:ro•Russian army,
and he might find himself cut off by their advance horn his
dominions. What he will attempt is, we are inclined to
believe, one of those desperate measures, which, like his
44 march to Vitry and St. Vizier, must lead, at once either to
• complete success or to ruin. Covered by a double line of for-
- tresses. and the new troops formed in their rear, from the
Channel to the Rhine, his_ left flank is nearly-secure from at-
tack. There he will therefore remain en the defensive, wliat-
eve; threatening demonstrations he may make in order th en-
gage the at:entity) of the British and Prussian tt (peps. His right
flank is protected by die neutrality of Switzerland, and on
the side of Piedmont the nature of the ground may enable
him to maintain the defensive with a moderate force. All
has strength will. then be collected in Alsace, and his first dash
will be—in his front, across the Rhine. There, the Aus-
trians ale scarcely established, and the Russians but ar-
riving. Ife will therefore endeavour to anticipate their
union, and to attack them singly. Such a mameuvre would
certainly he replvte with danger, but should it prove success-
ful, and should he be aide to continue his advance, both
Marshal Blucher and the Duke of Wellington might be
oldiged to recross the ;thine, in ceder to maintain their
cononunicat lees with the Allied Gland Army uninter-
rupted, and the war would be once tome waved en the
Cerinan soil. It is to obtain such an ad vaatage, which
would confirm the fidelity of his friends and shake the
hones of his enemies, that he will apply all the resources
of his mind, and all the power of lOs arms. A few days
will probably inform us whether our cenjectures were
well founded. We do not pretend to give advice to men,
whose pi ofrssi,m is war, and whose selmel experietice,
hit as the glow-werm does nat lode its little ray because
tiae stills of }leaven beam on Iti!lb. we coot; ibote our
f•(‘Ye aid to suggest t ossihllr ics to throe whase stinerior
Ltie.,t is employed in their investigation, and whose dutv it
is to prevent their occurrence-

ParliarnPn% it is now sunobcd, will nut die until the sc-
c. n 1 we•el: in Jtlly.

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