The National Register.
London, England, 1813-06-06 00:00:00

• .-S U N 13, Alr Jf4l3.

to her prittine State, saw the destruction of their kingdom 4,
had not magnanimity enough to folksy the Prussian exgrnples
and secure German independence by the,voluntary sacrifice
of their unlawful accinisitions, They rienfained neutraliied by
-stupefaction, sand, terrified at the losses of shat power. foul
which they derived their oWts, awaited their:final str4te with-
out endeavouring, either by arms or nessociatibr, toavert it.
This sudden change.in theproipects of the'NOrth;:the eight
of its oppressors beyond its. widest rivers, the passage of each
of which they had vainly promised to defend; the inactivity
of their allies and the insurrection in the Hansen towns, which
seemed to announce a generabrising in Germany arrsinst the
enemy, •impressed the Allies with a premature belief that
'their tiintnph was complete. Till then, Ilusia fishting single
handed against coalesced nations, and• feeling that she had no
other safeguard than the spirit of her people, called forth all
her means into action, and fought with all the strength of the .
monarchy. Now she had found Allies; her foes seemed die•
armed of their power, and she thonsht a time of compara-
tive • rest and security had arrived, after which she would
march to certain victory; Prussia, witnessing the enthusi•
astic patriolisin r;f her subjects, and the retreat Of the enemy
from her capital, shared the same belief and the same dan-
gerous confidence. Hence, at the very time when the weak
remains of the French grand army (that were tirst locked up
in fortresses) sought a shelter behind Magdeburgh, and took
up a deftnsive position on the Sasle ; when the various de-
crees for raising 690,000 conscripts had filled all France with
grief and discontent; when Hamburgh was free and Hanover
• ripe for insurrection, and when therefore the. Allies ought to
.have allowed the almost helpless enemy no breathing time,
they suspended all offensive operations, for a month or two,
and contented themselves with•occupy ing undefended points,
whilst they suffered the nucleus of a fresh army to remain .in
a position whence it would threaten equally three capital
• cities Berlin, Dresden, and Hamburgh. Why the. Russians
and the Prussians, immediately after their junction, did not
attack BEAUHARNOIS'S army'on the Saale before he had re-
ceived-any reinforcements from France, (and it was in their.
power-to do it,) cannoVhse satisfactorily explained. They had
then at least double his numbers, and might have annihilated
his foyee, or at least di iven him beyond: the Weser, and thus
ettabled all the population of Hanover and the Duchies of
BreMen and Brunswick-to rise. The destruction *f NA.PO-
- last veterans, *Ould then not only have proved one bf
the severest military disasters he had experienced, hut would
have deprived the raw levies whom he dragged across the Rhine,;
of that consistency anil strength which they have acquirer
being intermixed with experienced warriors. To ha.
• lowed the enemy; at a- time.-when he was decidedly in.
and not supported in the field by any Ally whatever, to re
such a position, until the arrival of immense numbers

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