The New York herald., 1862-09-14

>uhiNiChtif ioiSt Ditbt III ttiiucii- A'"f''~os
spurned the proposition, and the negotiations
were broken off The object of the Allies had
been secured. Schwartzenberg had assembled
| 100000 Austrian troops behind the bohemian
mountains, ready to advance upon Dresden.
| On the 18th Of August Austria openly joined
| the coalition, and her 100000 troops were now
| in motion for the scene OF war. Bernadotte,
King of Sweden, formerly Marshal Of France,
having now openly joined the alliance, appear
ed, with IS 900 men, upon the theatre of war, to
fight against his native land and his former
| companions in arms. General Moreau, another
Marshal of France and who had been residing
| in the United States in retirement, fastened
| across the Atlantic to draw his sword against
the land Of his birth; and Jomini, the Benedict
Arnold Of France, deserted the Emperor, and
gave the enemy all the Information he pos
sessed Of Napoleon's plans. With the aid Of
these traitors, whose acts are SO suggestive Of
the course OF the traitorous generals who de-
serted the flag of the United States in the pre-
| sent war the Allies were enabled to form new
plan Of campaign The plan was to avoid giving
| Napoleon battle, unless when the advantage
was all on their side and to bewilder him with
false demonstrations till his resources were ex-
hausted. They were never to attack him when
in force, but to fall upon his generals when
| separated from him Nap0leon's plan, on the
| contrary was to force them to battle, and to
| crush them before their armies could unite.
| To this end he occupied central position at
| Dresden, the capital of Saxony, whose king
| was his staunch friend. He man9uvred on the
Elbe. Dresden was the pivot Of his operations
and the key to his line Of communication with
Paris. He was determined to hold it at all
hazards; but he struck out from it on every
side at his enemies, leaving force Of 20 900 to
garrison it, under st. Cyr. The Allies suddenly
concentrating upon it force Of 100000 men
and 700 pieces of artillery, attacked it in Ma
poleon's absence. St. Cyr, however, held it
with wonderful bravery till the Emperor ar
rived at the critical moment, and though the
united French force only amounted to 100000,
! it defeated the Allies with tremendous loss.
Notwithstanding their heavy losses their
forces increased every day, owing to the great
| reinforcements sent to them; while, on the
other hand, Napoleon's army was gradually di-
| minishing, Notwithstanding his comparatively
small losses; for France was exhausted, and
| his continual victories therefore did not avail
| him. Nor were his generals who held sepa-
rate commands always SO fortunate as himself.
His German Allies were beginning to desert
him. The King Of Bavaria, who appeared to
be his sincere friend, and had hitherto resisted
the overtures and threats Of the Allies, now in
formed him that he could only hold out for six
weeks. Napoleon's prospects began to look
gloomy enough, but ''the Child of Destiny
never despaired.
Napoleon" says Napier chad conceived
project so vast, so original, so hardy, 80 far
above the imagination OF his contemporary
generals, that even Wellington's ssgacity failed
to pierce it, and he censured the Emperor's long
stay on the Elbe as an obstinacy unwarrsnted
by the rules of art. But Napoleon had more
profoundly judged his own situation" The
extraordinary plan which he had adopted was
this-The Allies had already crossed the Elbe
had established themselves in great force on
the left bank, and were threatening speedily to
close on his rear and cut off all possibility of
retreat. Napoleon, instead Of retroating to the
Rhine, conceived the bold project Of cutting
his way through the allied armies and march
ing north some 200 miles from the Elbe to the
Oder thus carrying the war into the territory of
his enemies and depending for subsistence upon
their resources He had now 100000 men,
The Allies had 100000. By this brilliant
movement he would compel them to retrace
their steps to prevent the capture Of their own
cities. "Under these circumstances" says
Colonel Napier 'but for the continuation Of q
treachery which seemed at the time to be con-
sidered virtue by sovereigns who were un-
blushingly accusing their more noble adver-
sary of the baseness they were practising
so unblushiugly," this plan was in pro-
cess Of successful execution, aud Napo-
leon was marching upon Berlin when he
heard of the detection of the King of
| Bavaria, who. though he had given his daughter
| in marriage to Eugene, went over with his
whole force to the Allies, and did not hold cut
| for six weeks as he had promised. The King Of
wurtemberg followed his example, and so did
Westphalia though Napo!sons brother Jerome
was its king. The Allies would admit Of no
neutrality Thus his friends, converted into
foes, were combined in his rear to cut off his
supplies An army Of 100000 was marching
upon Mayence, on the Rhine, in order to carry
the war into France; half q million Of allied
troops were convergng upon Dresden- yet Ma
| poleon was still determined TO pursue his plan,
which was one Of the grandest combinations of
bis genius. But his generals were dishearten-
cd by the difficulties and the odds against
him. and positively refused to carry it out.
They insisted upon retreating TO France to de-
fcnd it against invasion. Napoleon felt
sad at heart but had no alternative
but to yield, and he ordered q rereat
upon Lopsic, which was the fatal turning
noint IN the campaign. lust as the retreat Of