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Invasion.
assertion ; this is my firm belief ; and , reader , Avhosoever thou art , it an honest man , thou ivilt not disdain to listen candidly fb my reasons , Avhich are the following : _ All InA'asions , by which the Inhabitants of Great Britain and Ireland can be at all affected , -arc to be considered in four different points ofview!—the embarkation of the troops intended for this inA'asion , both , horse and foottheir artillery and carriages draught horses
, , Avaggons , , tents , baggage , implements , intrenching tools , Sec . Sec . and after these ' , are all embarked , the sailing of such a prodigious fleet of transports ,. together Avith their convoys , either at once , or in small divisions ; after a successful voyage , their debarkation , or landing on our shore ;' and lastly , their march on land in order either to subdue the country , ' or to convert it into a Congress , governmentsimilar to that in
Ameri-, ca , under tiic protection and gnaranteeship of France and Spain * . 1 . Therefore , the Embarkation of the Troops . An army to be embarked from France for the conquest of Great Britain or Ireland , could not be less than 30 , 000 of the best troops , and the best appointed Avhich France could produce . ( To carry any rea-- . sonabie degree of successit ought to be twice as many . ) Now this
, army must bring with . the . nvas much provision , both for themselves and their horses , - as ivould last them a whole month after landing ; because it could not be supposed , that the English would open markets for their enemies , and bring supplies to them as soon as they landed . On the contrary , they must know from the nature of the case , thatAvhere-i
eTer they landed , they would find the country stript and destitute of . all kinds of provisions , of horses , ' cattle , wheel-carriages , and every ;' implement fit for their use . Now this circumstance of the invading army being encumbered with such vast quantities of draught-hors . es , provisions , & c . over and above their other loads , will require a far greater number of transports than mig ht otherwise have beeu ' sufficient . Naywerfe Ave to compare the number of transports to be employed on
, this occasion , with those Avhich were used by our g lorious deliverer the IVin . ce of Orange , ( see the account of this matter in Rapin ' s History , Vol " . II . page 177 , ) Ave should find , that they could not be so few as ' 1000 sail . , Indeed , they ought " to be a great many more ; because the " ^ Prince did not bring that quantity ofp . rpvisions and draught-horses , lffej | en in proportion , along AA'ith him , Avhich the ' Frcnch must , both be- ' tt much shorter than
tcau |^ he intended a passage they have to make , ' espec £ dly if they » have a view of invading Ireland ; and also as he kneAV ¦ ' he sho 4 ld . be received with open arms . Avhenever lie should land . For these reasons . our"enemies must provide themseh'es with . a prodi gious ' fleet of transports , and a large squadron , or squadron of frigates , cut-. tersand other small ships ; sufficient to cover and protect those
trans-, ports from the fury of the English frigates ; cutters , and privateers , NOAV , humanly speaking ,, and considering ' the great exertions which our enemies have already made , this is impossible to be done . But granting eA'en that it is poffible , then it is to be observed , that such a fleet of transports and -convoys as here supposed cannot ien-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Invasion.
assertion ; this is my firm belief ; and , reader , Avhosoever thou art , it an honest man , thou ivilt not disdain to listen candidly fb my reasons , Avhich are the following : _ All InA'asions , by which the Inhabitants of Great Britain and Ireland can be at all affected , -arc to be considered in four different points ofview!—the embarkation of the troops intended for this inA'asion , both , horse and foottheir artillery and carriages draught horses
, , Avaggons , , tents , baggage , implements , intrenching tools , Sec . Sec . and after these ' , are all embarked , the sailing of such a prodigious fleet of transports ,. together Avith their convoys , either at once , or in small divisions ; after a successful voyage , their debarkation , or landing on our shore ;' and lastly , their march on land in order either to subdue the country , ' or to convert it into a Congress , governmentsimilar to that in
Ameri-, ca , under tiic protection and gnaranteeship of France and Spain * . 1 . Therefore , the Embarkation of the Troops . An army to be embarked from France for the conquest of Great Britain or Ireland , could not be less than 30 , 000 of the best troops , and the best appointed Avhich France could produce . ( To carry any rea-- . sonabie degree of successit ought to be twice as many . ) Now this
, army must bring with . the . nvas much provision , both for themselves and their horses , - as ivould last them a whole month after landing ; because it could not be supposed , that the English would open markets for their enemies , and bring supplies to them as soon as they landed . On the contrary , they must know from the nature of the case , thatAvhere-i
eTer they landed , they would find the country stript and destitute of . all kinds of provisions , of horses , ' cattle , wheel-carriages , and every ;' implement fit for their use . Now this circumstance of the invading army being encumbered with such vast quantities of draught-hors . es , provisions , & c . over and above their other loads , will require a far greater number of transports than mig ht otherwise have beeu ' sufficient . Naywerfe Ave to compare the number of transports to be employed on
, this occasion , with those Avhich were used by our g lorious deliverer the IVin . ce of Orange , ( see the account of this matter in Rapin ' s History , Vol " . II . page 177 , ) Ave should find , that they could not be so few as ' 1000 sail . , Indeed , they ought " to be a great many more ; because the " ^ Prince did not bring that quantity ofp . rpvisions and draught-horses , lffej | en in proportion , along AA'ith him , Avhich the ' Frcnch must , both be- ' tt much shorter than
tcau |^ he intended a passage they have to make , ' espec £ dly if they » have a view of invading Ireland ; and also as he kneAV ¦ ' he sho 4 ld . be received with open arms . Avhenever lie should land . For these reasons . our"enemies must provide themseh'es with . a prodi gious ' fleet of transports , and a large squadron , or squadron of frigates , cut-. tersand other small ships ; sufficient to cover and protect those
trans-, ports from the fury of the English frigates ; cutters , and privateers , NOAV , humanly speaking ,, and considering ' the great exertions which our enemies have already made , this is impossible to be done . But granting eA'en that it is poffible , then it is to be observed , that such a fleet of transports and -convoys as here supposed cannot ien-