Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-05-14

numerous \, sea fe n fotillas will a,, our
| them alta great distance from orr a = attack
on which ct length will be landed s y,
scrable, astonished, and afrigbteS ,''e MI
nant OF those devoted men who have EN- m
capped the 'hree-fold ordeal of cur aoa,; Is.
force. 4o"'ing
A thousand vessels, think m,rh
sonably reckoned at about the non,ba ~ 'ta'
which this attempt will be made. ana with
willing to allow on an average, 100 soldia am
to each vessel; Tor though [ know N ,S
; some Will carry many more, many also n,;T
carry much less; thus there viii b. r0n vi" @lll
troops employed in the nnderfaL;, n,o0o
+. What VIII become Of them? It has b...
shewn that ihey cannot sail witbcnt o,,
seeing them, anu that they cannot oui, tbs;.
shores without our blockading force arf2ol.
| ing them, which attack viii con,;nns ~
long as any thing is left TO attack; the msn
OF war OF all descriptions, viii cult ou ~
ports, when thc enemy are known 70 be :,
motion, and join in the conflict; and Ias,
ly, the numerous AotiIlas, manned Nv ~.
sea fencibles, viii issue from eyerv nors
to the number OF near thousand, Ii mean
from the western point OF SUSSEX f. tb~
eastern point of Essex and oppose Off.
self, independent of our ships, a forn;do
bic obstacle to the progress of the enemv
do not hold the aoti!la Of the enemy TOO
cheapj | know that many of the vessel.
Of which it is composed, are large, room,
and bulky; OF little drau8ht of water and
considerable force. lit be calm their rro
gress can be little and in colin 0ah,, tbe,
will ne0er get aef0sS, whatever Bon2,arA
may make them believe on that point tho
tides run parallel to the shores, the food
will carry them to the eastward, and the
ebb back again to the westward but neither
will approximate them to our coast: to
reach it, Meymust haze vjnd in a calm
1t is true, they may deat'oy sane oyr0nr NJ.
lacking 0essezs, but these must be in de;r
rag towards our coast; they cannot 90
| out Of their direct road, for their safety
depends on the CELEBRITY of their transit:
and to hope, even for shadow of success,
they must not disPerse. But wind is es-
sential to their passage; and if there be
wind, our ships can act, can run down.
can run over, can DESTROY BIZ their artillery.
in a very short time, unthought of mum.
bers of this moschetto fleet, Dur AotiIlas.
manned by sea fencibles, though small yes.
sells compared with those Of the enemy, are
unincumbered BY troops; they have men
w, Al, r
the gun: these vessels will make dreadful
slaughter; by their construction, by their
fiightnes9, BY thsir sailing, and by the a5l-
Iity of those who manage them, they will
work round the enemy, to use vulgar
sea phrase, like copper round a cask, SO
they will attack when and where they
please their reiterated attacks will re-
semble that Of half dozen dogs, when
attacking wild bore in the woods, who
Chaps his stern against a tree, and waits in
that position, which he du,st mt alter, the
repeated assaults Of his numerous, though
puny foes. So those vessels of the enemy
must keep their prov towards cur shore;
if they deviate, ii will be the first symp-
tom, and certain cause CT inevitable de-
feat.
Where there is no ground for precise
calculation, one mustbe permitted to guess
50 long as we conine ourselves within the
probability of what may reasonably be ex-
pected to take place, from all impartial
consideration OF ali circumstances. What
is to become OF them !? This is the question
which proposed answering. Taking all
circumstances into consideration, he8l-
tate not to say, and would risk my pro-
fessional character on the result that, II a
thousand vessels quit the enemyS Ports'
not three hundred Of them viii hastily