Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-11-01
WAR OPERATIONS.

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WAR OPERATIONS.
LONDON, stPT. 3.-We have at
length received the French official ac-
count Of the refumption of hoitilities;
but certainly lefs clear one We never
read. They give lhort and neagre
defcriptlon o. Bonaparte'S operations
in Bohe mia, where he had gained
fore iuccefse, but before he had
time to fate either the number Of
the priloners, or the cannon, or ca
giles, ne is called to another quarter,
where he finds the enemy, on the
Lower tlbe, getting in his rear, and
where he find. 1t necenary TO repair,
and quit the advantages which he
boats of having obtained elfewhere.
he French account then Jays, I" at
this moment "a h Auguit) it APP
pears, that his Majelty, the Emperor
Napoleon, is maneuvring the allied
arnIies on the Llbe. he previous
part of the French Bulletin itated
bonaparte to nave been on the Bobr !;
he Is now, by thls very aelpasch, ma
neuvring OH the Eibe, 90 miles in
the rear OF the Bobr From the
whole Of this preliminary operation
it is evident, tbat about the 18th or
10Th Ahgut the French ma &c gen
eral attempt to penetrate into Bohe-
mia, by different routs, and il is a.io
evident that this atte,aat has se;lsd
OF the opsralionss. Davout, there
appears 10 be linilsr defeat; for
Paris account OF the goth iiates him
to be at Schweriu hut other &C
counts, which we know to be correct,
place him at Maitow on the 22d 1:
that he had been roughly handled in
a charge of cavalry made from the
heights before that pace and that
his line of march which was fopardy
Schwerin, was continually Narrated
by The enemy. Illus far we give the
French account of theie preliminary
operations. A brief commentary will
be expected by our RAIDERS
Indeed this criGs is iingularly event.
full Military talents OF the highelt
order, armies formed on the mott
gigantic fcales, operations in compar.
lion of which many OF the mott re-
nowned battles which iwell the pa
ees of Hltory were mere il<irmilhes.
Ru1ia, Prulia, Auitria, sweden, G.
Britain, Portugal and Spain, on the
one fide France, Holland, Den.
mark, Italy, Bavaria, Saxony and the
other itates of Germany on the 9TH
er and whether we reflect upon the
vait tract Of country over which the
denolations of war mutt fweep,
the wide waite Of human life, or the
vat iilue at itake-the prolongation
of fyitem of opprellion and violence
which has filled all Europe with woes,
or the emancipation OF millions of
our fellow men from a rspacious and
reftlcfs ambition, no precedent pc
Rod Gnce the political formation Of
modern Europe has borne interefs 70
mighty, and occurrences 10 preg nart
with cauics or bleilings fuipended in
uncertain and wagering balance of
military fortune.
he umitances of the allied
belligerent, are OF nature to warrant
the indulgence CT c.eeliul anticipa
tons. France has vanqudhe d tormi-
dable coalitions F; but ,he pre- ent Co
alition fands upon groui DIS peculiar
to itfelf. IL has this dlit,net inn
portant feature, that each party is as
fured Of The hdeity OF The other, and
atfured on the beit ana mott certain
principle, that OF neceili y The
prin,ipal and noil efficient members
of the league are RuiIia, rfuilla aud
Aultria. OF thele, two are playing
their Taft fake, and tbs hrd 10 later-
eQed that they do nor loie II should
the canle Of France triun pm, truAla