The Sun.
London, England, 1818-09-17 00:00:00

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STATE OF TUE FRENCH ARMY, IltoM TNR REIGN OF
IiEsEY. IV. TO THE PEACE OP AMIENs.
In ;GOO, when Henry IV. of France prepared
to attack the Duke of Savoy, his disposahte army
amounted to only 7,000 inlintry, 1,500 horse,
and six pieces of cannot),
Front 1600 to 1609, Henry IV. maintained a
standing anny of 4100 toot, and 2637 horse,
%%bids lie afterwards augmented to 10,000 men,
besides 4000 in gatrisons. But when he deter-
mined on the lemgoe against the (loose of Aus-
tria, he had made arrangements for increasing his
own army to

20.000 French infantry,
S. 00) Swi.l infant ry,
4,000 Lausyuenett•,
5,0 n) I iurse.

37,000 with 31 pieces of artillery.

The United Province*, and some of
the Princes ref the Empire, had en- Post., linree.. Guns.
ga,eti to furnish
Ihr 1/114e of Savoy
The l'enetimis
The Pope

64,000 8,500 5i

The Kings of England, Denmark,
antl SweiVeii, the (louse of Saxony,
nod some other German Statei, mere
expectell to tirin, into the field 64,000 8,500 54
I lenr artily and I'o3 fte.cerve
awounte'd to

165,01161 2b,flUo 150
were d'estirted to ittiick the Courts of :11,oiriti and

These intention's were trnstrated by the assns.
ainatiOn of tienh,, do the 14111 of May, 1610.
t vont the veal' 1635, Louis Xlll. had five ar-
mirs foot, which amounted to 100,000 men, of
whom 18,000 were horse.
The peace establishment of Louis XIV. fluctu-
ated from 120,000 to 160,000 men : and the
largest army he ever had on foot, in the war front
1688 to 16T7, amounted to 395,869 men, of whom
54,000 were cavalry.
The largest army which Louis XV ever had on
foot, Amounted to 401,215 men, in the war be-
tween 1741 and 1748 ; and atter the treaty of
Aix-la-Chapelle, his peace establiiiithent consist-
ed of 167.528 men.
In the year 1787 the French army amounted to
162,111 men, and in 1791 to 16L269 men. In
1792, M. Narbonne represented, that the effective
strength of the ormy did not exceed 139,000 men,
of which not more than 83,000 were disposable
for field-service.

The Republican Arrny wis gradually increased
from that number as high as 749,545 present tin-
der arms when the nothlottl or paper strength
amounted to 1,169,144. his was the maximum
of the military strength of the Rrpublic in the
tumn of 1794. _ .

It gradually declined after that period to 381,909
then present tinder nuns, which ►y;as the strength
of the zrmy iri the autumn of 1797.
In I'M, when Bernadotte was made Minister
of War by the Directory, he found the nominal
strength of the army rated at 449,844, of which,
however, not more ►han 298,463 were effective,
after deducting the Gendarmerie ►tnd Ghr►ies NA -
tiriiildes, the sick, and the army in Egypt ; and
after allowing for the garrisons in Italy and the
Rhine, n►►t more that 200,000 men disposable for
operations it► the field. However, by his extra-
iitdinary activity, the army was increased to
382,000 men, exclusive of the troops in Egypt,
sick in hospital, anti pt isoners of war.
In August, 1799, the Council of 50D i4sued a
Decree, fiXitig the land forces of the Republic at
453,344 Infantry,
76,640 Cavalry,
6,436 Etat Major, &C.

$66,420
Flom Septeniber, 1800, to September, 1801,
(yeAr g), France kept in the field 414,732 men ;
and atter the I'eBce of Amiens, the army amounted
to 399,715 wen, besides 15;000 veterans.—
( Times.)

THEATRICAL REGIS.T.kft.
P;.rrnrmett Lust Night.
TiitATltt Covist-G.+nE.N.—The School fgir Scan-
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Brunton. After which, Blur Beard.
TIIVA IRK ROYAL, ENGLI%iI OPEnA. ScltAND.—Fire and Wa-
ter: Frederick, Mr. Wrench; Fanny, Miss Love. After
which, The Privateer. To which was added, Amateurs and
Actors.

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