The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-01-16

ter of war; which the emperor has ordered
him to communicate to YOU. The lew re
CURED is. moreover. much less than his ma
Jcsty could draw from the classes by which
| 1t IS tobe supplied; besides, it will be rem
tered as little burdensome as possible. Ir
this crisis the senate will be anxious, as OH
former occasions, to forward the intentions
OF eur august sovereign, for the honor and
glory ofthe French people.
Report made to his majesty the emperor
and king. protector of the confederation OF
the Kline, by bis e7&cellency count de
Hunenbnrgh. (Clarke) minister of war,
Sept. Is, 1909.
SIRE-If the numerous victories of vonr
majesty, and the extraordinary success of
your armies, be at the same time ti,e work
OF Your genius, the result of the most scien-
tiiic military combinations, ofvour inherent
lntrepidity, and of the courage Of so many
or.ve men, these victories and successes are
no less owing to your admirable foresight
Ii is this which has inspired Your majesty
with the idea Of assembling at first, in the
interior OF the empire, whatever might be
the complexion of affairs, the youth of
France who are successfully called TO serve
their country. and of making them constant
~ pay their contribution to the safety of the
state, at the same time that they accustom
themselves TO arms. The temporary dere.
LECTION of this system would be productive of
some danger to the empire, aud it would be
placing rather too great a reliance upon the
future. however fiattering appearances might
he at present. to suffer dchots in the interior
OF France to want the regular supply of re-
cruits, whenever n part of the young SOL
diers WHO Eli them should he called into &C
tua! service. A short glance at the state of
your majestY's armies will be scHicieht TO
shew, that the levy, which I feel il my duty
to propose, is sufficient at present.-Mascer
OF Vienna, and OF more than half the Austri.
an monarchy, vonr majesty is at the head of
the most tormida!,le army that France ever
had beyond tho Rhine; and to Judge of what
1t IS capable of effec,ing, it is only necessar y
to mention, that it was hardly formed when
IT conquered Austria. in the fields Of Thoun.
OF Ahersberg, and of EckNuhl. Whether
the negotiation of Nltcnburgh terminate in
peace, o. whether the war continue, YOUR
majesty has in your dci>ots troops enough,
ut To take the field, to recrait volr army IN
Germany. in the month of J.nuary, your
majesty pursued the English army in CALI
cha. While you were engaged in it, your
majesty was informed that the court of vi
enna Intended to break IT'S ENGAGEMENTS
Though such an event seemed to call the
principal part of your forces into Germany,
your majesty nevertheless thought proper
to leave your veteran armv in Spain; not
that the whole of that army was actually ne
cessary. to complete the snbiugation Of the
spanish rebels, but TO deprive England of
the possibility of prolonging that rebellion,
OF which she is the cause. That power, see
ingin the new system established in Spain,
the prcsage Of her own ruin, did not. howe
yer, despair of overturpng it; and her Ell
forts upon this occasion have greatly sur
passed atl that we have seen her make upon
similar occasions. General Moore had not
teen able to bring off froa Galiicia the half
OF his troops. The immense losses which
his army sustained, did not dssuade the
English government from sending a fresh
army, consisting of 40 600 men. to Lisbon
1t penetrated tothc centre O. Spain, and raj
led round it the various corps of insurgents
The banks of the Aberche and the ragus
Witnessed their flight and their Confusion.
Compelled to retreat to the further side of
the river, ard pursued at the point. of the
bayonet, they totally evacuated Spain, and
the Portuguese saw them return in disorder
to their territory. At the same period, an
army Ct equal sforce suddenly made its ap-
pearance at the entrance Of the Scheicit,
with te intention Of Burning the dock wards
at Estwerp; there our enewies were cover
cd with confusion. At their approach,
Flushing WAS provided VIZ, hume rous gar
risen; 1900 picked troops marched from
~. Omcr, under the orders of the senator
general Rampon; and eight temi -brieades
oil reserve, which we're at Bcuogne, Lou
vaine. AID Paris. proceeded post: tn the
points that we're rnenaced. These troops
we're O. themselves sufficient for the de-
fence Of Antwerp. That place which is
covered by q strong rampant, and the atlvan
ced works which your majesty caused to be
Constructed four years agn, is still further
protected BY extensive iDunGaiions and on
tiie tetl bank ot the sjcheldt, the fort of La
Iete de Fludrc, which i, itself surrounded
by a. inundatiDn of 2 coo toises, secures the
communication Oi Antwerp with CIR fortress
ses in the nor,h. The EhgIish expedition.
was formed upon the supposltion that Ant
Wcrp was OOiy an open CITY, whereas tn u
fortress c0nd not DC taken bnr after a long
siege IndcOenGsn. OF traOrs Of ;I,e line
yonr ma;CstY saw, at tic first s,rnal, $50.
90 na,loiai guards ready TO march. md at
Their bead fHa majors Il your infantry. OH
GERS OF u, Ei,h ba,taiiions, and veteran GU
GERS: Ntu ;n6ud ~ heir ranks q nun,her oi
old sold crs. Numerous detachments Of CA
vary O ;he i'u. W"re preceded by the frena
F" ""'C' 70 81 '".'sS' nc EUGiiSl were not
aware u'at dis branch Of foice alone could
AT moments notice, assemble at any given
poiut 63 sJuadrour, comp lsed of men Tn
All seen slx.een years of service, all equal
ly experienced, oq@aty well disciplined and
armed as those brave cuirassiers, who
Under your maies'y's orders, have b~ntgbi
to so lpgl pitch the glory Of the @reno 4
cavalry Md It by tncn 4ntrnent. the dis
positioas rIe.cribed DH hou. maieatv cnns.