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On The Invasion.
an army can alone march , is one continued pass or defile , winding at the foot of the mountains , or through the enclosures . These mountains and hedges being properly occupied , an enemy cannot advance a step ; and if he is once engaged in them , he can never extricate himself out of the harrow labyrinth , but will be forced to lay down his arms . In a further part of his work , the General insists still more strongly on the disadvantages which must attend the operations of an invading enemy , This he sustains by the following reasons : l , The face of the country forces them to march in one column ;
and this difficulty alone overbalances almost every other advantage .. zdly , They can have but little cavalry , which , from the nature of the country , may not ever have an opportunity ofafting . jdly , They can have no heavy artillery , and not many field pieces , compared to what we can bring into the field , 4 thly , They can have no other provisions but what they bring with them , which will last only for a short time . 5 thlyThey can never have a sufficient number of horses
, and carriages to transport their stores , artillery , £ rc . 6 thly , When they proceed from the shore , they can form no magazines in the -country , and must be supplied from their ori ginal depot ; and when their line of communication is protracted to a certain length , half theirarmywillnot . be sufficient to escort , their convoys , which you may and must intercept . They have but this alternativeto gain a
, great and decisive victory , or abandon the enterprize . —They cannot remain on the spot in a close country , surrounded by mountains , Sec . 7 _ hly , They cannot send detachments , or deviate from the great road without being exposed to certain destruction ; whereas we , availing ourselves of every close road and path , can without risk attack their whole line of marchand soon throw it into confusion . They
, can ac \ in that only , and we can act when and where we please . These reasons are therefore calculated to remove ill-grounded apprehension , without leading to the equally dangerous extreme of imprudent security . AN OLD SOLDIER ..
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On The Invasion.
an army can alone march , is one continued pass or defile , winding at the foot of the mountains , or through the enclosures . These mountains and hedges being properly occupied , an enemy cannot advance a step ; and if he is once engaged in them , he can never extricate himself out of the harrow labyrinth , but will be forced to lay down his arms . In a further part of his work , the General insists still more strongly on the disadvantages which must attend the operations of an invading enemy , This he sustains by the following reasons : l , The face of the country forces them to march in one column ;
and this difficulty alone overbalances almost every other advantage .. zdly , They can have but little cavalry , which , from the nature of the country , may not ever have an opportunity ofafting . jdly , They can have no heavy artillery , and not many field pieces , compared to what we can bring into the field , 4 thly , They can have no other provisions but what they bring with them , which will last only for a short time . 5 thlyThey can never have a sufficient number of horses
, and carriages to transport their stores , artillery , £ rc . 6 thly , When they proceed from the shore , they can form no magazines in the -country , and must be supplied from their ori ginal depot ; and when their line of communication is protracted to a certain length , half theirarmywillnot . be sufficient to escort , their convoys , which you may and must intercept . They have but this alternativeto gain a
, great and decisive victory , or abandon the enterprize . —They cannot remain on the spot in a close country , surrounded by mountains , Sec . 7 _ hly , They cannot send detachments , or deviate from the great road without being exposed to certain destruction ; whereas we , availing ourselves of every close road and path , can without risk attack their whole line of marchand soon throw it into confusion . They
, can ac \ in that only , and we can act when and where we please . These reasons are therefore calculated to remove ill-grounded apprehension , without leading to the equally dangerous extreme of imprudent security . AN OLD SOLDIER ..