The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-08-05
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two RAPIDITYOF MOVE.
MENT--rapiaiiy Of movement Ia
marching or getting 81 tthe enemy, and
rapidiiy u maneuvers on The Geld q
battle. We're i not that i Is for the
destruction 81 man. L Is undoubtedly
the GOLDEN RUIZ 81 warfare. ltsuss
tains itself from tIat 3m epoch, when
men fought perhap, only with climbs,
with pointed sticks, then with arrows,
Sc, down to-day. when the most fear
ful arms oi destruction are IN USE
The rule hos is roots Ia reason and
logic, and that s why i is absolute,
/ To Il all the great captains owe their
fame. their victories. and coaquesis,
recorded III history. From Cyrus
down 10 Stonewall jackson. rapidiiy
Of movement aud is results, surprise
Of the enemy, assured a,l the victories.
business Of she eve quickness in ap-
preeiabng the cxigencies On a given
field Of battle. rapidity to profit by the
eventual faults o. The enemy, insight
into the enemy's aims, and finally, the
inspiration o. the moment---this high.
est gift and attribute Of a military
genius an are corollarics 10 The above
named g9iden ruie. Always all.decid.
ing, all-powerful, il remoined the same
with various tactics. Ii was decisive
for the Macedonian phalanz, Cor the
Roman leeions, and for our modern
regiments brigades and divisions.
10 his lighiniug.like rapidly Of
movements, Alexander the Great was
indebted not only for his victories on
tie Grancus, and on the plains Of Ar
bella, but also those conquests from
4 the Nile 10 Baciria and Indus. Ham
nibal surprised The Romans by the
rapdity Of his march from Spain 10
l,aIy, and by that other with which lie
pounced upon them on the Ticino, at
I riacimenc, Canne. Amy one tamil-
iar with Casar's annals, admires the
olmos unsurpassedrapili with which
he moved his legious in Gallia-a
country then without roads-and az
Iterwards in nj parts Of the world or
/ tie Roman Empire.
Gustayus OF Sweden, with a force
about 10000 men. moved in all direc-
tlons Of Germany, between the Rhine
and the Elbe, dealing blow after blow
at his panic-stricken enimes.
Charles Nj. for years owed his
success 10 his restless military mobli-
Ity. Frederick the Great, sovereign
OF about four millions Of subjects, had
az one time on his hands, France, Aus
4 tria, Russia, and Saxony, with AN az
gregate Of about G3,000,000 of inhab-
Iitants. With his little army, he moved
shullIe-like from Bradenburg to Sill
esia, Bohemia and Saxony, boarding
and whipping his numerous enemies.
Napoleon terrified the Old World
by the torrent ike rapidily with which
he rushed from the Alps, flying rather
thar marching from the frontiers Of
France 10 those OF lstria and Tyrol.
His campaigns Of Marengo, U!m, Aus
teriIz and Jena, are one uninterrupted
consecralion ofthe golden rule. When
Napoleon's rapid movements were
crowned by taking Mack and hisarmy
prisoners at Glm, the French soldiers
tainted their leader by saying that
hitherto he won battles with their legs.
Our only successes are won by the rap
il movements Of Pope, Grant, Mitchell
and Morgan On Tennessee). and our
disasters are inflicted by the ubiqui-
tious Stonewall jackson.
Military history teaches that the
great and rapidly moving commanders
seldom, If ever have the choice Of a
field Of battle prepared, selected for
weeks, nay, even days before nor do
they mature their plans during weeks
and weeks for battle, to be fought
when they reach the enemy. Reason
shows that such iar-reaching routine
is impossible. Those who attack an
enemy do il rather on tie field selec-
ted and prepared by the enemy, this
being the logical consequence Of their
rapid, bold, truly military tactics
Napoleon scarcely ever had the choice
Of field Of battle certainly not in
the beginning Of his career in Italy
nor in the plains under the Pyramids
not in the great plains Of Marengo,
when he rather by an accident came
in contact with the Austrian army
nearly twice as numerous as his, and
above all outnnmbering him by numer-
Gus and excellent cavalry, Of which be
(Napoleon) had scarcely handful
Napoleon selected not the immortal
field OF battle Of AusterIilz, bat his
enemies. AT Ausierliiz, Gen. Neih-
roier, the military adviser Of Alexan.
der o! Russia, inaugurated strategy
Ausieriitz was selected by the allied
Ausirians aud Russians as the most
favorable strategical point, and by
strategy Napoleon and his army we're
to be annihilated. Napoleon who des-
pissed strategy, ouerthrowed at Auster-
liz the allied armies, and the Austrian /
Empire to boot. Napoleon had not
the choice Of the field ot Jena or Ey-
lau, but found At Jena the Prussians
"a. i Ian the Russians--lought, won,
aud oyeuhrew Prussia. Napoleon
had not the choice oi Wagram, where
his army was cgt IN two BY the Dan
abe, then extraordinarily swollen. But
he won ihal day, and for the second