Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-01-07
Il IS separated from Bordeaux and this

Garonnc BY the lower part OF Gascony, cal
led the Landes, of abouG 100 miles extent
where nothing IS seen but pine trees, anu
nothing produced but turpentlne. The Des
dish the traveller gets IN this country i
geese hams, and though very paiataole to 9
Way-Worn nian, Ii can scarcely De linaSinee
that Bonaparte and his Etat W!1or wouIo
encounter the Journey without the commis-
sary In their suit; but 1t would bs genuine
gasconade to think oiarny provisions Wiie {
tns whole distance Wou.a not supply tte
stall We know tnae Dourieaux, ana other
ports IN tho south, were always the bcst
markets for our liour, and 1t is doubtful
ii any was ever exported from those places
which was not originally imported IN grain
from Poland and elsewhere.
In former wars the Loire would supply
an army invading Spain, or the provisions
nigkt 90 round the coast from Normandy
TO picardy our ovsrPoSered at sea, anc
watched as the FRENCH are, Potion & Sain
toage, distant from Bordeaux SO to 100
miles, and I-anguesloc, distant from Gaia
lonia 200 miles, are the nearest provinces
FROM waich an army in or Beyond the Ply
rennees, can get supplies; itiadeed enough
there could be found 70 spare Tor 100000
men, which is with me predetermined. I;
is certaia that ia ordinary times, water
transportation IS as much resorted to by the
French as BY any other people, and that
where permitted, and they had a marine, 9
great portion Of it was employed in expedi.
rions ofthis sort, coastways.
1t is no doubt expected that the army
viii cross the Ebro, & probably viii sprcao
itself for sometime. The invaders oft794
and many other srsnies did SO, whilst theil
Supplies were secured by a marine. Ne
cessisy VIII oblige this 70 attempt it, and
possibly it nay pass Madrid, and reach the
n,o,ntain OF Sierra AIorena, OF the confines
of Andalusia again. Joseph may be crown
ed second time by his own troops, as
Charles was in the capital sof Spain, but
their progress will have added just SO much
more IL proportion, to the difficulty and
uncertainty OF obtaining supplies for il
cannot be supposed, that the patriotic sol
eiiers of Spain and Portugal VII, like the
d;si,sts;- estc2 pdlilosophic generals OF italy
aud German, give UP provinces and tor
trcsses, well stored, to iced a cruel and re-
lentiess enemy.
The army in Biscay and Navarro, and
that going there this winter, may be esti-
mated at the number Of 10000, il 10000
go. TO The relief os Barcelona, by the way OF
Perpigaan, or any other, II matters not, tor
the present enquiry, they all must De pro
vided for a distance of from $50 20 $50
miles. Not one mile OF the way will the
invading army have the advantage CT water
carriage SO tnat, independent or The gar
risons before alluded 10, and which muss re-
dnce the active force tro;a 50 10 100000
men, they VIII require a number equal TO
the remaining army Of 10000 TO 10000
men, perhaps, in transportin8the provisions,
ar. 1unition, bagg@sa, forage and camp e
quipage By the help OF cattle, on t1ese arti'
cles must, as well as the arms be loaded on
the backs OF tie men. And, independently
of the great fatigues to which the troops IN
either case must be subiested, they must
occasionally suffer from the bad quality and
irregularisy of supplies drawn from such :
distance By land, and there in the north ire
quentgy perish from the want o. suel' oeforc
they reach the southern extremity OF the
passage at this inclenent season Sor, tho'
the climate of Spain is not sabIscs 70 sacF'
extremes of heat s cold as iIss Oh slsia coz
tinent, the winter cold is very severe III sac
mountains which divide ehe two co's'sfies
The natural superiority o! France ga 'seasff
and numbers, enables It, in ordinary wars
to carry its armies beyond the nasuFas boe5n-
DIARIES; but certain distance Seycas9 .has