The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-10-26
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The power Of armies is less frequently the r..
suit OF the number of eOnbs'snt. tlisn ri instru-
eo"s VMor anu discipline, which Constituent ele-
meuts OF their competition Add to these the know
ledge and capacity OF their conn ers---hut in
ths last respect we VIII institute 40 parallel betw cen
the oen,sercnt powers and we will slppose them G.
| reserve.
bur when We examine, suentivcly, the stuation
OF the respective armies, the ground they occupy
que naes OF fortified Places which cover, support &
Protect the'r movements; when we consider the
e"of>e oi the rivers and 0fsips, which form so
many natural Notifications, we must saw, that in
TRUTH the eoalesced powc,s are in deplurabe po-
s'ucn position sach as even supposinc them TO
Sun tns mos1 Sgnai successes, the advantage they
ooa'o reap from them would be tr;Ring; and that
allowing them TO be onee beaten, the most terrible
DISASTERS must he the inevitable consequence.
Let US proceed IN this examination with impartia-
ny, s"' SHOW that eur opinions the fruit Of
'gntened reflection, snd OF thar spirit OF party
winch blinds thnse who will sdit nothing SIS certain
but what tLey wish.
ne French army occupies the course az the
."e' rom Che trontera ct R"hcmia 10 the mouth
IN the river. Hamburg, Werber,, "a new place 81
me mouth of the Hsrel), Mae,,eburg. Wittcnbar.
tcrsau, Dresden (newiy r,rt6ed) konigstsio---su
these pisces are theirs. Add To- theae new fortiS
az emHh distance ir"m shis last place, which,
"''hs WIN ,t Tue TIVE extrem,ties of sn entrenehod
esiHI, which IS ecnsio IS fortified Mace Of the
nrst class AMI is intended 20 cover the rg< Of the
'ne oi The E'he oD Che eide OF bohemia Rs:nbu,y
r.. IA Il la =
sIate cd defence, and supports the left Of
ms hne ih's p!ace viii hold GARRISON Of thirty
'""ssho men, sad viii stop the progress of an army
'hree tmes more nnmeruus. according to the pro.
poruons established y The miIt arr art that the nurr-
Der % The hesegcrs should be TO that of the bss;eeet
ss5toi We request our readers 60 examine inop the
map Tn" line o! fortified places almost i'm nregna-
o'ei because 1t IS the centre q bss5 upon which the
operations OF the French army wi, rest IL ia the
trut CT the battle Of Lut7en il is the reward Of
great victory It i, the pledge Of new processes; il
10 The pressge OF events such &. the history of the
"oS ,, does nor perhaps, siiord an exampIa
ne Enlperor Napoleon, fnastar If the course of
,1e zoe, Sdvanced towards the allies entrenehed at
Wur'zchen, position which was iudisiously chosen
ny thea, IN order 10 torn & junction with the Au.
snians But here fortune sgsin deceived them.
hree hundred redoubts, ia two Formidable I,nes
we're unavaiing. The Russians and Prusssns were
tnFnen on their right; and the French ARMY, three
days after the batule, had alresdy occupied Clog u
and bresau, before their enemies could pas the y
der WHITTIER were the allies To retire Unon Whist
point 70 support themselves VAST TO Vienna or
upon Sai'cs But these Austrian nro- inees &
Austria was neutral! The Prussisn army that COW
cred Berlin; that which Occupied dasnburg the
reserve that was organizing at Stralsurd, eOn,d no
'ohSer cohmuDlcSts with the Russian arluy ia She
sia- They had q powerful enemy to contend With
Who ,oon manifested his power 10y Wrestling from
them Hamburg. The coalition was sroken IN frag-
ments Nothing was lett tor the Russians but to fgh,
Hth u'e courage inspired Wy despair order TO pass
the oder, which their conqi-roi had reached before
them, or to lay down their avr7s What Invisible
iand drew 'hein out of this abyss To whom W ere
they indebted for safety IL IS here tst the inhr-
enee OF Austria, the hstursI ally Of England" an
pesred IN all its force. Il was iy her. aud for her
that the srrni'tios concluded. Notw;tistsndirg
ths, Napoleon made the inrS vi sitastion " rich
fn'sht nave been somewhat Herious ~ h.m in S1ae
Austria had then deelarrd h, rseir Openly. Yha
terms OF ihls armisee would Seem to have been lie.
ts'ed by him, were We Ia Judge By the results
wt'eo nave all proved 20 bs ia his iavo'.r. H. oh
tanned the entire evacuation of SaxOny the posses
sou OK ne'riy ous halt Gf Sesis the eourse Of The
uoer, from Bresiau 10 Frantn tort belongs To- Hfu.
ne Occupation of Giogsu secures 10 him the pas
sage OF the Oder, sad protects btn aesnst the cnrps
= troops winch the allies might dir ect aeaiDst him
itnID the stuls. The army. wbicl, wss bcaten at
"hrt@chen, remaInsin its former position, and ex-
peets ITS saiyatioD from the aid OF Austria Bat AH-
st1a herself has new armies e. fight against her
frontier upon the Dqnube is opened AMI exposed 10
ihe inVader; the troops in the iyrian provinces K
i"h"aia may threaten Hhngsiy--a French army
RON frsneOna TG8Y penetrate into bohemia