The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-28
VOL. XxVI.

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! province Of what Was farmerly called Nor
mandy, and ia realty the country from which
,hefrenca army BEGAN ita march in 1876.
I'M. might hs:ve hcen atypcs rarhicai errcr,
| I'VE suppose indeed II was-hut Il is very
serious error.
tse translator tells no that the battle cf
Hern1ino VAS fought nn the 18Th ;,ertem-
| hcr, i-l1. II waa fought ON the Tth cer
temher, 1919 "on the do grer.ci.re II. bat
= etr"nf- ad7arccd 7vsik hid been carried
h the French With considerable a!a..siicr -
The retouht OF Gchwardiuo- which We pre-
sumo IL the "advance work here alluded
| fo, was csrrisd on the 9Th s.rteraher 40
days preoedln'. tie haftis Of Harodino.
! These ore bu.snall blemishes, i is true /,
cat inssn1ch as they .mc;ea,e .,sate and care
iesancss in thc translator, they cali :o7 the
notices .oi the press. We do not mean hy
my means to detract from the value c. his
Original remarks. Sone of there pec.aiiy
fhoae concerning the Confederate Cavalry
deserve, and VIC hoTe will receive, the seti>
o"s attention of the proper department -
| pom the whole, We like Mr.. schallcz much
better IN his character Of anthor, than in
h.s character cf translator. lie does ample
| justice to our Great Generals, Jacl-soa and
| Johnston. Eat there is another still alive
| whose name 10 scarceIy alluded 10, sni who,
il eeems 10 Us, can be 1ssaed over in q book
ILLUSTRATIVE OF Confederate glory, with fully
| IS mnSh proriety 80 WsshinEton's name
could bc omitted In Il history Of the Ameri-
eau Revolution, and mol one bit more. We
| need not rurno The person to whom we al
| adr.
| In the eteyt Itself there are douh:ioss many
suggestions Of value to the military mar
| especially upon the aFlljPct o! artillery,
| which was MarmonL'a speciality. But lis
| character IA rendered euspicions by & pre-
| vaiiing and pervading .taint-.he desire TO
uniervate and detract from the talents aud
tlmc Of Napoleon. his heneiactor, whom he
! i.st BETRAYED and afterwards villifed, and hy
whom Ia. was denounced IS g traitor Ia n
| proclamation He cou!thardly write book
upon the su'j joct o! war without bringing,
in the name OF the greatest ct all warriors,
vet vo are told that it was q defect in MS
military training, that he had not been
colonel in actual command OF 1s7ilHe,...
which advantage, 1t eeenls, he himself had
enjoyed, nnd ihe eD!"ymrrt af which re
would no doubt haze rs 10 Infer kSt rpsdt,
him 10 superior TO hia Eaasts5: that after
lsu9 he vas not the same That b: had teen,
| hal his military skill had dereIioratet,
! that he no longer Thought of obtaining vie
tory iy auy other means than by brvte
ioros ihat 8tgu7, the TcD.gade, cave tie
hest account OF the battle OF D..ndint in Il
book evidently written 10 curry favor with
the Eussians, &c. In this spirit he hlamea
Napoleon for Not giving iia Guard at Eoro-
tiEo II 8 tule when. Reyur GayI, II wnuld
have injured the rout and destruction OF the
whole i.usaia1 army, overlooking entirely
the cTerT heiTing 9eply OF Gou7-aud upon
that s-le sect, and The an3Eer of Napoleon
himce'f, who did rot thin:. that TIE critics!
time had arrived. Suppose have e Gcht
another battle tomorrow, whct shall do
e mJ reserve he destroyed to-day" What
rsjoinde- could he make to such an ars Fer,
con-eyin, as Il did tC:l picture oi the Sltu.
at.or, his belief that the EcsaiGns vere not
IT that moment so hadiT beaten that the7
world Eot offer tnTiols resistance. kti!iuG
and disabling l. vast number ci the Guard;
the distance from his reserves allowing Of
no reinforcemen;s, and his conviction that
the victory oould not be rendered so com
| plete as to dispCnao with the necessity OF
lighting aCothe! battle? Another objection
that he did not The day 'hciora the baltic
send heavy force around ono Of the nns~
Sian Wings, TTaa Also aIswered by bin on
The field, when naVou3t offered 20 conduct
it with his corps of f0, ,n0a men. iis otlec-
tion was that Davoust would necessarily
,ose communication with the main body,
and thus eZnoee himself to destrucion.-
! This Tas consistent with ali his Practice
In order to 1!r.te all hic foTcca IN 1909 before
| attaching the enemy N the neighboIhooi
| ot Eatisbon, he male THO same navoust
| evacuate that ,ity, and brine his force to his
on the ii.nk orthe Afohduke's march. Ha
accomplished 1t with great difficulty, antl iLc
Whole force was united. Now, it seems.
when the whole army WAS already united,
Napoleon was to eend of ono third Of it, and
thns expose aimac.f to attack in de,an. -
Such, al ieasi, was the opinion OF 'segur, and
of Marm"nt, too. The policy which, on a
former occasion, had secured the most tri
/; umphaD. sEccess was to De reversed on thia
when concentration Gaa more necessary
! than it eTer had been.
To his own criticism Of the conduct Gt
Napoleon on thi, occasion Msrmont him
self offers the best answer. lie had Just
been speaking Of Msedonald's defeat by
B.ucner ct the 'EAtsbach in 1919. 1t was g
case directly in point. Macdonald, the day
before the battle, detached large force IL
turn Elucher's flank. glucher took adraE
tage OF il. absence, attacked Macdonald,
annihiiated his army, aud TINS completed
the first act Of the tragedy that found its
is1,oasasf.t at Leipzig and its nit in Ma
poleon's overthrow. This is what Mai mont
says Of 1t:
"Nailins is more dangerous than to make a L. 60
dstac hinent before battle hds been fought, vie
! tory achieved, and n decided advantage obtained
| over the enemy.
| ''rhe fxeeutlon q. This hazardous IN neSlgre re
qlIes HAT the ariEy havs - snittciens superiority
10 as'n,s g'rIt probabilities nj virt0sy, ani tna
| coacs Httaird i6fces De never weakened bcSo.ia
| the strength Of The enemy