The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-06-27
.he Yankee Ircnrsisn and Its Objects

The oil ieet Of the Yankee ipcussisu Lss now
tul,s developed heett II is two foii--to piau.
dsf aud deS sstate, aud to iutersur; the eommu.
plea.ions OF Gen. Lee with this city. Tbev
hope tast ty destroying the railroad bridges
aDL tearing up the track they may effect a
formidable diversion in his rsar, which NAV
induce him TO weaken his army by dstachiue
troops TO rsatore them. If Gen. Lee be the
tsusra that his desds seem to proclaim him
be will not DO diverted from his purpose by
sby such device. lie must have foresae aen, before
no undertook the enterprise in which lie ia
now engaged, all that has since happened.
AMI douttiass, he has made his calculations
accordingly.
Iii profound remark of Col. Napier, that
ali great Generals make war alike Let us zee.
therefore, what the Emperor NspoleOa said
v.Ih regard to situations Identical with that
Of General Lac ut this moment. The .ron
Jyuini, in his work upon the art Of war, had
Csnsured tho distant expeditions in which Ma
goieon was so often engaged, becsuse they
took him too iaf ifoLl his base, and exposed
lis communications to interruption i'll proper.
lion rs the line extended. The took fell into
hs hands Of The fallen Emperor at ST. Helena
AID IN The memoirs dictated to Gourgaui aud
Moutho!ofs ho triumphantly vindlca,ed his
,laEaiiols. lie referred to the care er Of many
Gfesl Gsnsrais, both CT ancient and modern
lImes 10 show that in their most famous and
Uost suee essfai campaigns they had proceeded
exactly as he had proceeded On the occasions
called IN question by omini Thus Alexander
SET out from Safdis and marched beyond the
sates Of Asia, leaving behind him 500
miles Ct countTy-lIaauibai marched from "a
d,z through the South of France, over the
Aips, aud through the entire length of Italy
talaF made many marches In Gaui which
placed vast extent OF country between him
and his base. A g,ea. General, lie said,
changed Ills base as he advanced, go as to have
hls magazine and resources short distance in
hia rear Ii his communications beyond the
Immediate base were interrupted, he first dis.
posed OF the enemy in his iron; and then
cleared the line.
9sn. Lac is great General. and according
10 the axiom Of Colonel Napier, he will do as
Napolson did, for, Gays the Colonel, as we
lave jast remarked, all great Generals make
military writings in general, and of course is
We'll acquainted " i.h the military vie wa of the
greatest of them all. lie has already changed
lie base, which is no longer Richmond, but
s5ma point in Maryland. Amy interruption on
Ihls part OF the line, therefore, Cannot affect
his operations because it is entirely external
When he shali have disposed of Hooker, and
Otherwise completed the enterprise immedi-
dlateiy iu view, he will then clear his commu-
hieati na, Hs could not expect that they would
Ls isit secure, upon 90 long line.
Napoleon father remarks that the commu-
liestions beyond the Immediate bass cannot
ba aproseeted by the army operating against
ihe ensmy. because il would require detach-
llenis go uuusTous anj 60 strong as to render
That army powerless. la general. hs thought
Ii bee! TO leave them 10 she care OF the inhati-
,aats That is what Gsn. Lee has done, and
We should take care that they be protected as
Las as possible, uutl he shall have disposed Of
Ihe eLeMy in his front.