Star.
London, England, 1805-08-23 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, AUGUST S.
For tbefe fir weeks paft greater preparations than
ever have been made at Boulogne for the• invafion.
Upwards of one hundred and fifty thoufand 'men are
affembled at Boulogne and its-vicinity. There are
five thoufand veffels in the poit. The three divifions
of the army will be denominated the Scotch, Eng.
lifh, and 'as armies. •It is airmail, that the fleet
of Admiral 1/mutating will foci appear off. the
Iri

Aucurr sr.—This day the report is general that
the invafion will be attempted.
It is altarted by one party, that the Combined
Fleet had advanced to the Channel to drive away the
Engßib cruizers, and clear the way for the Boulogne
flotilla.

Every thing announces that great events will loon
occur. We wait the refult of them with the confi.
dence which is infpired by the genius and the fortune
of him who has prepared and d!redcd them. The
Englifh were never more feeble than at home, and
Martha! Saxe always delivered it as his opinion that
the Engliffi never would be conquered but in Lon-
don. The paffage by lea, to land in' Ireland, is not
more difficult to the- French armies, than the paffage
of the Rhine, the Danube, the Po, and the Adige.—
Our triumphant foldiers have patted thofe dangerous
and rapid rivers, in the face of an enemy's army,
and under the fire of a tremendous artillery. We
may land on the emits of.lreland, England, and
Scotland. There are bars at all the ports. Oppollte
France, which are proper for attempting a landing
with boats, convoyed by frigates,which can approach
much nearer the bars than (hips of the line. The ,
Weil, South, and South Well winds can carry the
(hips of France, to England, and, a calm can prf=.
vent the enemy's chips from leaving their pert..-r.
Fleets have been fometimes fees taking advantage.of
the darknefs of the night, or a thick fog, to pats
through the micill of an enemy's fquadron without
being perceived. The Prince of Ottanoef, fleet pa.
cd DoverStreights in fix hours without James the
Second's fleet, which was iu the Downs, being in-
formed of it. Adntiral ANSON, when he. returned
from his voyage round the world, was informed at
London that he had pallid through .a fquadron
:,ruining before Breit. It has been abfurdly fuppof-
ed, that to &al a landing it is neceffary to fight Ind
difperfe an enemy's fleet. Experience has proved
that we may reach the Britith coall without kaQing
the lea, or being obliged to equal the naval force of
the enemy. A fleet which is (Leering to one point
has but one line to follow. An enemy's fleet, which
might be fent to attack it, and difpute its paffage,
would be obliged to cruize and keep the lea at all
points, and in all directions. The chofen point of
attack is neceffarily a .fecret, and that fecret will
force the enemy to fpread their force. We know
that the Englifh, Scotch, and Irifh coafls are full of
facilities for a debarkation, fo that the enemy conld
not develope and extend their force on the fame
coat. After the landing has been effei!ed, the
' French armies would meet with no more °Wades ;
for there is no ftrung place in England capable of
fuflaining a long liege—the greater' part of thofe
which are firong on the lea ide could not oppofe
annefiltance to th,,fewlio might attack them by land.