Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1862-07-24
Guerilla Warfare.

sensible tEung winch has yet issue
from the Executive, recommends th
/ formation Of Pafti1an Rangers il
other words Of Guerilla bands an,
enforce strongly upon the people I'll,
duty ol ding in the equipment alil
support ot such armed bodies. II may
be interesting to Somc tf your readers
To know something Of the origin, ap
plieation and success Of this mode o
warfare. Ii is usual to regard it u.
originating llSpain. but it rcaIly dates
as far back as the Bonm couuucsls
! ii Britain, and III I'll, histories, is spok
cn of, rs one Of the most powerful and
4 effective systems iii the hands ot that
! people We lnW it better. however
from its more modern history. G.ac
rMa is derived from the Spanish
word GartYo war, aud the dimmutivc
I'm. little, meaning ltcra Y EHc uaf or
skirnishing war If the people, or
war carrlcdun by small parties How
dcad \ and terrible this may become.
very slight reference to History viii
show lis Tie years ls0S-9-I0 IL.
were made memorable by the disas
trous campaigns Of Bonaparte in
Spain Ferdinand al lis Queen were
detained in Franc the people we 9
betrayed by the Cortcs and sold by
their leaders. Hating tbe oppression
which would force upon them X ing
new 10 their Country and to their
laws. with no regular army to oppose
to the well disciplined troops # France,
lrd on by such men as Ncy. Surhet.
Junot and others, yet determined t.
be free, the people rose. grand, united
animated hy one feeling only. and
drove the invader from their soil. The
history Of The march into Portugal Of
tIiat Division Of the army under junot
is graphically told by the prtbcssr
II lbamtoS, Wd il full Of tie deepest
interest II may afford us, whose
position as people rising i'll self de-
tcnsc Is il some respects similar,
useful lesson Not third. It's she
says, IF the large army which jGnot
led. ever reached Lisbon. They fell
Ivy hundreds IN tho mountain passes.
ly assassination, hy prison, 5y every
method which Il furious people urged
on hy hate and faualsm could devise.
Every man, woman or child whom
they met was an enemy, and 50 intense
Was the feeling against them. that she
relates an instance whore . young
mother poisoned herself and child. that
she might induce u party Of French
soldiers to partaltc oI q deadly bcvcr-
age. IN Fact this grand army, never
il regular battles. ready to
FIGHT, vet never able to meet the Zoe,
through country already
with ruins, and destitute Of
harrasscd at every point
melted away before the invisible, aud
igno1Ic enemy, ike snow
1ciorc a tropical sun During the
hird OF fourth campaign, French OF. /
iccr writes: However unfortunate .
lou may have thought rs. when You
we're here, nothing then approached our
,ctnal condition. The most courage
,u4 are depressed. How can we feel I
lc@irou4 Of victory, when the victory
If yesterday, is nothing to day. The
IpaniarlS may be conquered, they may
ven be destroyed. but they can never
VI s1hiugated There is no peace. no
cessation Of hostilitics to be expected
u L people whose political and rcIigi-
,us resistance is kept up and renewed
y 1heiI. hat.cd and fanaticism. Do
.uu knaw what has been done IN the
OF Naria. and near Xaniorc? .
They were disarmcd; all their pixies.
GUNS aud IaHccs were taken from them
- il less than eight days. they rearm- +
Il themselves they established lorgcs
n the mountains, made pixies and
anecs, furnished themselves with balls
made from lead taken, know not
where: 1Quant aux fusiIs, jc crois quiIS .
mt drs demons avcc IcSqncIs iIs fratcr-
liscut ct qui Icuy eli domcnt, An
este, toutc armc Icur est bonuc. S'iIs
n'avaicnt pas dc fer lis trouvcront
nuNcn dc tairr dcS hachcs dc pierre,
Z; dcs canons lie bois, aycc Icsqgels .
~ nous tueraicnt tont aussi bien qu' F
,vec d'antres7 The independence Of .
Spain was never gained by hor great
nattcs but by INST those means which .
he God Of nature and justice puts in
" the hands o. every people destined
q be free, and deserving the blessings
# liberty. She contained at this time,
about thc same population as our con
edcracy, ten millions, and the result
ellis Us what i people unaidcd, and
ven betrayed can do Perhaps, how
Yer the only point of close Resistance