Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-11-11
DOMESTIC.
From the Boston Yankee.
REMARKS
ON THE LATE DAvrLEs IN rupopp

ON THE LATE BATTLES IN EUROPE
Ch Careful examination of the English
ana French accounts of the battles of Saxo
ny, Siiesia and on The Lower Elbe. we arc
at loss from those contradictory accounts
to reconcile the different reports of yicto
RES yet we have some important data IN
solve tae contradictory accounts. The AL
hes acknowledge their repulse in the attack
on dresden, and consequent retreat. We
md by the French Bulletins, that the allies
were pursued to Pirna, many leagues in
"uVahCe OF dresden, and the camp of the
allies taken. The Bulletins further state
that the enemy had been driven to the from
tiers OF Bohemia. Ii is very probable that
the left wing of the French army was re.
pulsed oy the Crown Prince, and the Rus,
sian force under his command and even
pursued as far as Targau: aud it is also
probable that the French forces under Bo
naparte, were called OFF from their success
az Dresdren to advance upon the Grown
frnce Ohe of the London extracts corro
bora'es this conclusion, and saw. =. Thar
accounts had been received at Deal ,ha,
Napoleon advanced in force to the army of
the Grown Prince, defeated him, and took
possession of Berlin" This would certain
~ be the natural result of the defeat of the
Nrown frince, as the forces under his com.
manu projected the line of posts leading to
Berlin. we nave further grounds 10 sun
pose that the Crown Prince was over
whelmed with disasters. The L.ondcn Cons
rier OF September e5th states, that a mail
mad arrived fron GottenblrgR in 70 hours
allowing three days more to bring disDar
ches from the army of the Crown Prince
nat arrival shou have brought accounts
| from the army of the Grown Prince tn tha
IGN september, in place OF VII CHI, no later
accounts than the 10th, by the 18th BulIe
TN, dated on that day at Jutterboch. and
received by that arrival. Perhaps Naoole.
on has hit Bernadutte as he did MORGAN he
lore Dresden, which may be the cause of
no more Bulletins. There is manifest va
cuum IN the accounts from that quarter. of
az least nine days. We also find that the
allies were second time approaching Dre>-
zen rom bohemia where they had been dri
Ven- inns may be eX ected on the absence
OF Napoleon, and 1t is certain he would adj.
vance again to meet them. We NAV ex
| pect 10 hear of another terrible battle bef,r.
the walls Dresden. The allied armies he
ing exten ed over an immense territory
! from the frontiers of -hemia to Breslau in
oiiecia, and from thence to Pomerania on
theSea coast-a line OF more than 400 miles.
ana the French army presenting a Cores
| ponding 'front.' We may expect to hear of
| partial SUCCESSES over the advance guards
OF the French armies and it would be sin.
guiar II 1t were not so. Whenever the
French army concentrate, at Dresden. a.
gainst the concentrated force OF the allies
we may safely calculate that the science Of
Napoleon will triumph over the boards Of
Cossacs, Landwehr (miiitia) of Prussia, the
raw troops OF Sweden, and the forces of
Austria, which Napoleon has so often bea-
frFN1o h.,e Al
been compelled TO sue Napoleon for neace
and we predict that they will again imDIore
his mercy.
Five hundred thousand French troops di..
rected by the genius of Napoleon, is more
than match for a million of allied troops
spread oyer vast territory. He can con-
centrate competent force 70 subdue anv
number OF PrussianS, Russians, Swedes or
Austrians. There is no jealousy in his camp
no partial interests all look TO him. HE
eagle eye embraces a vast military view of
all his enemies, which ne can always heat
in detail. This war may last longer than
any former allied efforts against him; but
the result isas Certain as the power of mi
litary sciencSin war over an armed mob.
Such military characters as Bernadot,e
and Moreau would, in time, bring on a state
OF discipline which might be formidable to
4NaPoiCbhI Dut Anp5S tldL arc ACQUAINTED
with military science, will not say, that the
mere presence of such man as Moreau for
few weeks, can organize and discipline an
army to be able to meet the veteran CORPS of
France, with every officer from Napoleon
down to the lowest grade in his army, pos
sessed OF competent military science and ex
perience in war.--It is too absurd to SUM-
pose any such thing. Let us suppose that
Moreau had taken the command of five
thousand Indians in Canada-could he have
advanced them to discipline in a month p
The folly Of such a supposition is evident
Neither could he have disciplined the sa-
wage Cossacks, nor the Peasantry Of
Prussia, sooner than he could the savages in
our forest. 1t is vast work Of time aud
labor; and those WHO are so short-sehted IN
military science as TO believe any thing so
absurd, will find their mistake IN the result
OF the war now carried on by Napoleon.
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