The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-04-26
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Te NsEsre. winch empties itself into the.
tasus % leagaes from thence, and whose
&c" eA,ehueu on the mountains which resi-.
on the D"aro. By his centraI nos;,;nn 'tsS
English General did not obtain tbe o,,,,ne
oeiehdihg Portugal, since he had alreaav
oandoned 50 leagues of the country to The
enemy. 10 defend Portugal he should h we
raised the siege OF Almeida, or at least have
occupied the line position Of Guarda How
ever, having thought proper TO occunv ,h..
pos'tion OF bcsaco, he covered S4ths rs
ror.uSai' ne protected the fine valljes oftbc
Iagus ana the Mondego; he KEEP, The
rleheu ar"y at 40 leagues from the cant.
tai; he kept up his cur munica,;ons ~,
oPorto. and with all the provinces ON The
o,her side OF the Douro, of which he 70
NAMED master. The French army of pnr
'uSai renamed separated for upwards of
eisn'y leagues from the army of the sopth-
and derived all its subsistence from 60
try which Wellington had intentionaIl, laid
waste employing all the time that was ne
Iessary 70 make the devastation compete
IL was nus reduced TO the necesIrt, p
dra wing its provisions from Spain bv il, 80. y.
able roads; and when The rains brpan ,La
communication would be cpt off VIM 81,
ana the army would have been obptd ~
return 10 himelda. The English arn,v ,r
CaPylpg the position of BusacO. all PORTUGAL
@ouio nave Supplied it with provisions md
iorn1shea nothing to the French arm. IF
.ie Enghsh General then had MANI si,,ed
nis pos,'ion at bnsaco only for Is davs. he
, nou.u ~ o"as, "a of having won the cam.
paiSn' ano saved Portugal. He would IN
truth, have exposed himself .o the ;n,,,,.. a-
hon OF having laid waste thirty Ieasnss
Iof Country, but he could have found ~,
answer to that impttaton. if he had
ohged the French to evacuate the co,n~
try; and proved by the event thar Thess
ravages contributed to the success of IL
campaign. - '"S
Ahthese combinations and considerations
we were not unknown to the English General.
ZIG "'s"eu W deIend his position, and he
gave oattle at Busaco; the resuIt of tbI o..
Sagement was the passage of the Monds.
go, the evacuation at Coimbra and n rs,,aa.
oy forced marches to Lisbon. In bic all.
Weling'on Could only lay waste to In, ex,
,eul Oh league on the right and left of HE
line OF march; andthe French ARM us
wing Almost at the same moment ,ha no
uiu III sishs OF his ships, found immense
quan".,es Oh provisions in he fine willie.
vi .le agus. The French General did O..
very thlng he wished the English GensraI
effected nothing that he Intended IT,
oattie OF busaco rendered all the r.yaoaa
ne committed, and or which he Will ever
o. execrated by he Portuguese. ussless
When they wish to explain to thei, cbI,
uieh 'he Enghsh manner of deirndi,o
country they will point to the nm
Towns. anu 'heE
III ina. several bfigades. hur led on BY the
nobie imPetuosIty OF French rom 100
wish TO bound over inaccess;hle .eioh., 'o .,
they should not hnd On thu. c,est of -hieS
mountains sufficient space 10 ex,end ,h'as
seVes--aii th's is very possible /. h,.t ,h;s
does not give the enemy rigbt IN -.
the victory. Al that occnrred ~, 10 s
'e.os TO prove, that the compos on and tb,s,
spirit OF me french troops wer. so far en-.
perlor 10 those OF the EaglIsh arm, that
the 'atter neither could nor would defend q.
position upon which the fate of Po,tuo '(de
pended - ue-
he English, then, were defeated D..
ssco :-Whe'herit was the fault OF The e.
neral the othcers, or he soldiers ;s d, -.
consequence. An army is Coupe. e. Of al
these ne French General did every
thing nc "lshed; The English Genera d,d
nothing, protected nothing, execurrd ne
OF Ills p,ans' the battle % Busaco frustrated
tlis III all ''i "'eo
aPEEcH-(s)--" On zyhicA the liberties
ana tnaeI'enaence Vhe Shanish and Poys.
fugAeSe nations entirety dehrnd"
Noe in the Alont eur. 1t would he c,r;o,,.
to read The Speeches. in Parliament d..
the last twenty years When the exuedit;o11
OF me Duke OF York to Belgium was IN he
uetendeu, IL was SAID that the war was r.r
fleu on tor me independence and nh, rtc,
OF Begun. When the Duke of Yo,R
landed IN Holland, Ii was for the liberty md
Independence of Holland, so secesss,v -,
England, that he did so Such is aI,ya
the Language without paying any more a..
tentloh now IMAM on former occasions rho.
It IS NOT SuiiIcieht TO justify great under
taking, To- shew the advantages arisine 60
war followed by victory but thar n
cessary to calculate HI probab,litv ot CT
aVictory. BY this mode OF reasooi,g ~
would be much the pIaIuer way TO 1snd
at Havre and march t. Pari- ,or
taInly upon the supppsition OF victory ,hS
advantages and the glory would be iucsn-
,estabte.
Is 1T probable that England can rna,na;r,
acontes' with France III SPAN Th,s "a
me who'e o. tbs question. She was n. a.
bic 10 10 SO wher considerable Spanieb o.
mies occupied oarag ssa, Sain. And.ro
bl'boa' and Burgess L he fine arm, ~
NJ oore was even then forced to a shane ~
Hight, IN which 1t lost d great man. 49,.
horses, part OF It's baggage, and cvci' 80
treasure. She could NOT do SO unn,, IL ~ 10
coalition Wellington advanced -
Ialavefa lac gained some advances ~
almost Immediately was compeI,ed
don his hospitals, his sick, and TO
to Portugal. S"Pe ne
The presence Of Moore wa, unable g.
vent the defeat Of Blake. at E4p,n's, pcs
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