Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1806-06-20
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was near the scene and could not see the
revolution, like Etna vomit Gre, with.
out come prudent measures Of precauti.
on. Who is now ignorant that Brissot
and Barras and Danton and Robespierre
would choose to understand those fearO
aud those precautions as signs Of the in.
ve,erate hostility Of kings to the French
liberty. 1.-THE English could have shun-
ned the war in February 1898, it would
have been forced upon them before June.
It is childish prattle to charge the enc
mice OF France with the commentaries
Of the war. The nature Of the reyol1l
ton was war against mankind. Its vital
principle was = burning passion for pow.
CT within the state, and when they had
gained that, to establish by arms tho
power Of France over every other state.
Why 10 the vulture carnivorousi Vhy
does not the Tiger Of bengal eat grass !
We might with as much good sense en-
quire why does not the torrent stay upon
the hills! Why are the collected watefe
Of the revolutionary storm prscipitated
from the height Of the alps, to dcsolato
the plains and to bury men and their Ia.
bours under rnaSses Of barrenness and
ruin?
The military meanaof Austria we're
Stinted, those Of France unlimited. In
almost every battle the French had the
advantage. The ofieers, even the sub.
slterns, had heen eduea tsd so as to qnslis
fy them to be generals. The generalS
were fit for nothing else--.hey under-
stood their trade and sspired TO no other
sort of distinction. The French, always
well commanded by their officers, we'll
supplied by their enemies countries
which they ravaged, have rapidly over.
run all Europe. 3 --
Another cause oFthe French Superi.
GRITTY and which has grown out ofthe red
al superiority Of their military science 10
to be found in the excellence Of their ar.
tillery. The number and the manaeea.
bleness ofth- French field artillery, must
have given ihem decisive adyantape, o.
yer the Russians in the late battle Of Aus
terlitz. Its not to be supposed that the
Russians have equally improved their ar
tillery, nor if they had, would they have
encumbered their march of eight hnn-
dred leagues, especially when they had
so many reasons for haste, with an im-
mense train of field pieces. They would
be the less disposed to do this as the
Austriaus must have been relied upon to
supply them in sufficient number. The
French, by the celebrity of their move
ments. had however obtained possession
ola grea. part Of the Austrian artillery.
The deficiency Of the Russians in this
point, was probably material cause Of
their loss OF the battle.
When gun powder and great guns were
6rsr brousht into use, they were more
capable Of striking an enemy with aPanie
than of breaking his line. The cannon
were unwieldly machines. and the ma.
naSemen Of them was unskrlful. Still
the army which had them must have pos
sessed great advantage over thaewhich
had none. In the time Of the famous
Duke of Marlborough, the event Of
battle depended on the e1pertness and
resolution ofinfantrY in d,seharging their
musquets. Ii still more modern wars,
the bay onet has been considered the ar
bitter Of victory. But the French have
introduced another revolution in the sei-
ence Of war, the lightness and prodigy
Gus number Of their horse artillery ena-
bling, them to disorder and break an enc
my's ranks, without coming to close
6ght, by raining upon ,hem an intolera-
bic tempest OF grape shot.
By means Of their innumerable field
pieces, and Of their unusual proPortioo
ofca7alry, it has become impossible for
an enemy to defend country by lines or
field entertainment. 1t has been stated
that Bonaparte's grand army was attend
| ed by City thousand horse. Such . boz
dy, always on the alert, could strike an
| enemy at almost any distance, and in e
VI cry mortal part at once. 1.-The contract.
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