Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-01-26

t2's We observe !: that s;n- was certainly
necessary TO assure him. by a thorough exa
mlnas!on Of MS lordsh,p's positions, that
they could not be attacked w:th promise
OF success, rs we'll as TO .xsnsuish all nope
oil being able 70 carry any part of them by
siratagcm, corruption or surprlze. These
Gil cunstances are deemed sufficient 20 ac-
count Cor his long stay before lord Wei.
lingtoa's lines.
is to the Rro5a5!e issue 9jfAe contest.
The experience of every campaign is re-
ducing it to demonstration, that it is 10
longer within the capacity of Bonaparte's
resources, so keep up armies in Spain and
Portugal adequate to the reduction Of these
Kingdoms, and, at the same time to supply
them with the chief part of their provisions
from France. Armies cannot long be fed
BY provisions to be drawn from the helds of
their enemy. IF an army is obliged to for
age for lis support, It cannot fight, and to
be always in condition to fight, it oanno,
support i,s-!fh by !orasing. Fnra6ing indeed
may support an army for a moment, or up
on an emergency, bur never can for con
stancy. To live by foraging it must tra'
vel like heggar, ana never remain long
in one place. In this way the armies of
France cannot be maintained, aud TO main.
tam them rs they must, Ivy lage conveys
tro,s Trance we hold TO be impossible.
On the other hand the means Of England
to Transport rrinlorCemen!s, provisions, and
munlticns o! war TO their armies, arc not,
like those Of Bonaparte's, impaired aud
almost exhausted She is still able with
cut any extraordinary exerlion, to aug
men, ~ forces and to keep them regularly
sepn!i,d with every thing necessary to
protractel war.
Taking such 20 be the actual and relative
couditiou OF France and Great Britain, i is
CLEARLY the policy Of the latter to be con-
tented with partial advantages, instead G
brilliant victories, securing the desired OBJ
;cct, BY the more humane course Of pro.
lracsed warfare. The contrary system we
think ought to be, aud is the policy Of 30,
napar,e. Great and decisivs battles and as
lite procrastination as possible. If such
can BE- avoided by the cooperating armies
OF Great Britain, Spain and Portugal, not
the armies Of Austria can .vail him, though
he could find resources to transport them
into Spain, and to provision them tor a cam
palen trum France,
Upon the whole, we conclude, that S pain
aad Portugal are in a lair way to sec the
crowns OF ,nsir monarchs no longer at the
disposal of 3oaspar,e lied. Repud.
GEORGE NJ. BlpB, Esq.is eIccteda Senator
of The United States from the state OF Ken
lucky for six years from the 4th OF March
ra&Xt,
Captain Luce,t, arrived at Charleston,
was boarded off Cape Eichola Mole, by
The British brig Rein Deer-the Capsa'h OF
her politely handed the following memo7
randum, requesting tina, i; might b. made
public in the United States, viz. 4hat all
the posts in the possession of Potion, Ia
Hav;i, were declared in state ct block
adr, by Christophe, the 2s'h last month";
:. d the proclan. alton published at Cape,
H,nrys (Capr Frsncois,)
-tnerican Tonnage lnte'Egen:eT
contain. Mr. Galatians report OF the Tor
mage of the Uni;td States The following
recapitulatiou embraces the substance OF
the report:
REHABILITATION.
REGISTERED Tonnage.