Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-11-01
WAR OPERATIFNs


tiles; but certainly less clear'snc we ne
yer read. They give y short and meagrc
description OF Bonapayte's operation in Bo-
hernia, where he h.s gained some Marta,
successes; but beiSre Ee had TING Ia &tate
either the number of his prisoners, or the
Cannon or eagles, he is called to another quar-
ter where he finds the enemy on the Lower
Elbe, getting in his rear, and where. he finds
1t necessary to ''epair, and quic the adyan
taSes which ne boasts of having obtained else
where. The French account then SAYS, "a I,
TINS moment (24th Augusta it appears that
ms Majesty, the Emperor Napoleon is ma
noeuvripg tie allied armies on the Elbe.''
he previous part of the Frencl, Bulletin
stated Bonaparie TO have been on the Bobr :;
he is nov, by this very despatch, manoeu
v1ng on the El6e, 60 miles in the roar Of
Bobr. From the Whole of this preliminary
operation 1t is evident, that about the 1sth
or 18TH August Jhe French made general
attempt To penetsate inta 3Jhcmia, by DIFF
terent r0uts. and it is also evident that thi
attempt has failed.
Ot the operations of Davoust, there APP
pears TO be similar defeat for a Paris nc
count OF the 30th states him to be al Schwer-
III but other accounts, which we kno,y to
be correct, place him at Mastow OH the 2CtI I:
that he had been roughly handled i'm a charge
OF cavalry made from the he. hts before tsat
place. and thai ms line OF march. which
VAS to7vGFdS Schweriu, was continually har
rsesed by the enemy. Thus far we give the
trepch account OF these preliminary opera
tonA a pilet commentary Will De expect
ed bySour Ivaders.
Indeed the crisis is singHarly eyentful
MilitaryNtaiepts OF tho highest order, ARMIES
formed ohtmost gigantic .sca.e,, operations in
C0tpnarfsfia pf Nuhfrl, NJ, D,y 49,.
nowned battles whicb Swell the page of His
tory wrra more ssfmshes, Russia, Prus
sia Austria, SRedeR,- Great Britain, Por,u>
gal AND Spain, ~ qEone side (; France iIol-
land. Denmek, EtaGS, b PARA, S2xony and
the o'her Stqtcs u Germanyson the ether !;
and whethef we infect upon9hc vast trac,
OF country. over which the les lations of wal
must sweep, the wide vast OF human life
or the vast issuc at staiSe&Zthe pru.on,sation
of system OF oppression AID violence which
has filed All Europe witch woes, for the
magcipauo1 of milioas of. our fellow men
from rapacious and resthss ambition. na
UNPRECEDENTED since the hoitica forma
Fon OF modern Europe has tprne Interests
so mighty, and occurrences so pregnant with
curses or blessings suspended W uncertain
and wayering balance Of nilitar X0rtune.
The circumstancyo he aiiied'beuigcr>
gence OF cheerful anticipatiOns. France has
vanquIshed formidable coalitions; bud HE
present coalition stands upon grounds ptcu
liar to itself. 1t has this distinct and i,ni}br.
tant feature, that each party is assured of
the fidelity of'the other, and assured Oh The
best and POST ceSkain principle, that of ne
cessity. he principal aud most efficient
members gf thesLeagge are Russia, Prussia
and austria, Ofohese. two are playing their
last stake, 3pdtleANaiN NJ IS Interested that
they do not I6seSit. Snorld the cause OF
France triumph. Prussi4 ceases to exists IS
a abingdon, and the iIouse of tlapsbure must
descend from the TN one of Austria 1t the
territories OF these mouarchs be parcelled
out into Vassal states, then tile Europeau
frontier Of Russia Is no longer secure, becasni
France Gould then a secoud time hurl u u
that empire the force of the whole Continent
The bond which holds them is therefore a
ciprocal, and though III alliance the II Attest
difficulty lies in maintaining thar unity OF
will and action winch is SO essential 70 sue.
cess, yet mutual fears will operate. to repress
those jealousies which so often cenfound IN
caiculatAil 40 OF the politicians, Md the plans
of the GcriTal. The poweEof France Is
immense.
Bonaparte hes this adv &tage, that his af
fairs are solelA dirset% by his own viii.
There is terriJk eRs9es, it, military dies
potism, where aIiN{SbSonSs. and muscle, Of
an lmnense popul 4ish, ave under the im
mediate Impulse .. euef trancendantly fercs
and lrery soul sMhich hiRt9i eyn spiri pos
sess the wh9.ebody ofeae patton but even
this po@cr<exenipiife1 us il is ia moderu
France possessed by Bonaparth, must yield,
when every Individual opposed tsclm ieeis
that Ne has soul and a country ofNis own
to fight for and to save. And let itaot be
forgotten that France has done her utmost,
the present is not only the CRISIS vi Europe,
but of the fate oi Bonaparte.