The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-10-31

There Il little doubt that the armies
now in Washington and its vicinity
amount to the immense aggregate OF
200, 900 men on each side, or 4OO, 900
combatants. Whenever a general bat
tie shall occur, it will not only have no
parallel on the WcsterH Continent in the
forces engaged, but hardly one iu the
history even of modern Europe will vie
with it. The great battles Of Napoleon
were generally fought with numbers far
inferior to those now under the walls of
Washington,
For instance, at Austcrlitz, where Na.
polcon defeated the combined armies of
Russia and Austria, he had but 1000
troops; the allies had l00, 600. At Jo.
ma and Austerdat, where he broke the
power of Prussia, his forces were not
over 10000 strong. At the great bat
tie of Wagram, fought with the Austri-
ans on the banks of the Danube in 1909,
he had but 16O, 900 men. At Borodinc,
under the walls Of Moscow, he had but
l2O 900 men to oppose the Russians. At
Waterloo he did not have to exceed s0,-
! 600 troops.
/ The only battlefield VIC now recolec,
Of where the combatants were as numcr-
Gus as those around Washington, was
Leipsic, in 1913, where Nopoleon had
10000 and the alles-Russians, Aus
trians, Prussans, Sweds, and Germans
numbered 100000. Nearly half a
million men took part in this tremcndu.
GUS battle, which was known US the COM
bat Of the Giants.
1t lasted three days and ended in the
complete overthrow Of Napoleon, who was
driven into France, where a series Of
disasters occurred that did not end until
Napoleon abdicated his crown and was
exiled to the Island Of Eiba, in lSl4-
No battle was ever fought on the soil Of
the United States, where 10000 combat
IT'S took part in it on hoth sides.
From these figures We can judge of
what a battle VIC have reason to expect
when the hosts of Mcclellan and Beau
regard, more than twice the numbcr Of
those of Napoleon and Wellington at Wa
tcrloo come into collision Oh the banks of
the Potomac 1t will be an event that
will be the great military feature, proba-
bly, for ages to come, of martial prowess
in America.
Washington never had thirty thousand
men under his command jackson ucv-
cr had fifteen thousand men aud Scott
never before the present year had seen
twenay thousand troops under his orders.
Great is the ability required to mancu-
yer and handle such large body Of mgn,
and bring them into action at the proper
time and place. The late battle Of Bull
Run extended over seven miles from one
end of our line to the other. TO know
what is going on in such an amplitheater
and to be prepared to order up reserves
and strengthen every exposed point, re
quircs the highest degree Of intellect -
At the battle of Bull Run half of both
armies never fired shot. Bcayresarl
had forty thousand men at Manassas
Junction, only three miles distant, that
he never used, and yet he would have
been defeated had it not been for the op-
perfume and unexpected arrival Of por
ton of Gen JohnstOn's army from the
Upper Potomac. Mcdowell had pow
erful reserve that took no part whatever
in the action, and yet it was stron:
enough to have beaten back Johnston s
division if it had been on hand at the
proper moment. We have confidence
that Mcclellan has not only plenty of
men, but believe he knows how to use
em.-Cin. Eng.