The daily Chattanooga rebel. [volume] (Griffin, Ga.) 1864-1865, 1864-07-07
From tie Army Il Macy ia, noL
AmericRn . nd EurOn an Nis hLing.

From tie Armyd Il Macy Jol Hdk
american nd EurOp an lei; htihg.
49, LeuaGi exhibited
in all be great b. ,les OF this ar, by 9th armies
are 90 ial to any hibition Of the saue quahue.
rcoort I'd in histor in some spects re superior
Scarcely any conf ct has bcst decided by a single
trial. At CUrintb at Murlroc DOro' az Chattonoo-
"a, at Vicksburg, It Knoxvil in the South and
West in the sever days fight gou III Peninsula
in the series Of bu les during General Pope's cam.
pagn, in tho cont cts culmina ing in the victory
Of Anietam, at T. }dericksbuT in the memorable
three days at Gett sburg, the a mics of both com
batants have SHOW ltho mora power inherent in
the American chal lcer,
ItiI a great mi lake, howev r. 10 ASSERT, as is so
frequently done ] the general news papers, that
EurOI can hatory Toes nOtpro' ont instances of con
tinuol ighug nd Of battles coutin, ing for sew
oral dlys. Without referring 10 siege operations
many cases can be mentioned Of campo Ems, incud-
ing numerous conflicts, and of great battles that
were ccided only after seyore4 days If lighting
Indsel It has been fought wit tout various preimi-
nary fairs; though as these aro not specified in
histori and attention is permanently given to the
chief ond decisive engagement, we fall into the con
cusiol that only his occurred We doubt, how.
ever it, Ia tho WIN lc history Of warfare since fire
arms came into 70 lerl use, any parallel can be
furnished to tho Cn days tig hting on the PENN
sula, and the rcccI engagements in Virginia Such
battles in Europe would have Involved the 'dosruc-
ton of ono or the ther army it'll all IFS material
In this country, however, from its ph steal pecu-
liaritcs above ALT led to- the losses are proportion
ally snail, and tb result som what iudecisiyc.
We naturally SC K for comparison 10 our own
battle, in those o. tho Crime IN and Italian wars.
But tbs former w. mostly co pri'cd iu the scgu
opsral ons, and tn latter tho ronch were so i'm
moasu able superi to the Ausnans that the dra-
ma closed with two great acts Of Magenta and
Solerno, without much by pl"y or accessory in
oidents. II is TO he wars +, lowing the French
revolution, thereto c. that we wst turn for para
lol inc lents. II will be interesting to recall them.
in tho FIRST place matter Of history and the see
ond place, TO show how much similarity there is
outstanding the changes IN tactics aud weapons,
in the methods by which great hostile armies come
into encounter. For it is well inOwn that tie prin-
cplos On which battles are lou; ht do not vary, al
though there arc such innumcrblo combinations OF
detail, Strategy is the same Nv as in the early
ages OF history. Tho differences in the arms make
differences in tho modes Of arraying troops and OF
6ghtipg; but such movements, 'or nsN nee, as flank
attacks and atteln Is to break line in It's center,
have Always been among the grand mtn@Wcrs Of
/ commanders.
In 1898, under llc Archdukc, Charles attacked
the French on the first Of March, and the battle was
csntn red on the I'd, tho French being defeated
I The rstrans fuug Q them again ON the lth, and
j
Anstrans capture, tho city of Tougcscs. Domouli-
er now took command Of the French and in q few
duysattacked aAd 1eat u portion of the Austrians,
and Oh the 18th a oueral engagement occurred in
which the French we're finally defeated.
In 1894 the French on the 10th Of May crossed
tho river Sambre and attacked the Austrians, but
we're repulsed; on he 20h 22C and goth, they tried
| il aguin with the amc RESULT on the 3D. of juno
! they fought and yoro rCpuls,d on dc 4th, the
/ French renewed heir att0mrls and kept their
ground for sever days, but were s;ain driven
| back On the 49, they GRO sod again, and held
their position till &c Goth, VIXEN the hustrians at
tucked them, but cciyed severe dcic t Thus in
something over a lonh thor were e ght battles,
besides a number smaller a, ions.
The oxtraordiun energy di played ~ Napoleon
/ in his italian can lagn is vel known. The fight
ing in some porto s oft was most az continuous
as the operations 4 Virginia. Thuy, on July 90,
, 1895, 'heAustrau' attacked le Frcu3h and were
successful. Napo 'on then concentrated his force
against the corps Quasdonic and defeated it, on
tue Sd Of August Q broke Oh AuStr centre at
Lenatu he then archcd 10 q e help o. Augereau,
and defeated the s Istruus wb were attacking that
Ciener I; tue fnal title tookp &c Aul lst 9th, auo
ended IA tho dciea Of the Aust ans- % e campaign
occup ing eight d. Us. sim ar seric Of conflicts
oecurr-l in tho ia ending wi the a lo Of ArCo-
Ia, which was FOUGHT through Wo da without a
result. on the thin day after ard it rs resumed
and ths French We e successful
Battles OF sever days dur ton wsre not un.
common during Ii wars Of n poleon. His great
victor, at Ulm, in which he apnreJ the entire
AuItri N army un er Mack, series Of fights
commencing about tho lst Of October, and coatin