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Invasion.
jointed , or lost , by the embarkations and debarkations , Avould want to be repaired , or restored . All which could not take up less time than six days more : so that , from the first appearance of this invading army on our coasts , to the time that they Avould be read y to begin their march , fifteen Avhole days Avould be expired ; a . period surely long enough , if Ave he not wanting to ourselves , to put England Qt Ireland into a proper posture of defence ,
IV . The March of the invading Arpi y . We are noAv coming to a neAV scene ; for after havin g allfiAved ( for argument sake ) that every thing would succeed according to the most sanguine wishes of the invaders themselves , and contrary to every degree of probability , Aye are now to consider what Avould be the consequences of this intended march ; only supposing that no miracles were
to be wrought in favour of our enemies ; and that Ave ourselves were actuated by so much common spnse , as to take the necessary steps for the defence of every thing near , and dear , belonging to us . An army of about 28 , 000 foot , and 2000 horse [ for a less number than 2000 horse cannot in this case be rationally supposed ] , with about 1000 draught-horses for the artillery , provision-waggons , baggage , & c . & c .
are quitting those intrenchments they threw up on their landing , and beginning their march ( say , if you please ) towards the metropolis * Then the place of their landing would probably be somewhere on the coasts of Essex , Suffolk , or Norfolk , on pne side of the Thames , or on the coasts of Kent , Sussex , Hants , pr Dorset , on the other ; that is , as nearly as they could cpme , \ yith safety , to the capital of the kingdom , and as opposite to their own shores ( with which they must keep up a constant communication ) as the nature of the case Avould permit .
Now > after they have begun their march , a remarkable difference in the manner of carrying q-n the Avar will ensue , For while the invaders were at sea , their business Avas to avoid fi g hting ; but now that they have landed , and have begun thejc march , it is their interest to fight as soon as possible : and our ' interest is just the reverse . To explain this matter in such a manner as to make the most ignorant comprehend it , and at the same time to remove all apprehensions from the timidthat
, we are flying before our enemies , I would beg leaye to obserye , even from our English History , that had Harold not given battle to William Diike of Normandy , almost as soon as he had landed ; and had he , instead of fighting , only skirmished Avith the invader , sending a feAV choice troops to dispute some particular posts , and at the same time h . arraiiing him perpetually , cutting off his convoys , ttfengtheniug hi ^ quarters " and not iving him a moment ' s ite niht or-
dayWil-, g resp g , liam fiie Norman , must have been obliged to have returned home without the ftyle and title pf William the Conqueror , if he could haA'e been able to have returned at all . M"eh the same thing would have happened to our great Deliverer the Prince of Orange , had he hot bfeft joined in his progress from E . ceter to London by great , numbers of the English , who wisely preferred the mild government of a limited Monarchy to that which Jus rival endeavoured to establish , vb . an arbi »
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Invasion.
jointed , or lost , by the embarkations and debarkations , Avould want to be repaired , or restored . All which could not take up less time than six days more : so that , from the first appearance of this invading army on our coasts , to the time that they Avould be read y to begin their march , fifteen Avhole days Avould be expired ; a . period surely long enough , if Ave he not wanting to ourselves , to put England Qt Ireland into a proper posture of defence ,
IV . The March of the invading Arpi y . We are noAv coming to a neAV scene ; for after havin g allfiAved ( for argument sake ) that every thing would succeed according to the most sanguine wishes of the invaders themselves , and contrary to every degree of probability , Aye are now to consider what Avould be the consequences of this intended march ; only supposing that no miracles were
to be wrought in favour of our enemies ; and that Ave ourselves were actuated by so much common spnse , as to take the necessary steps for the defence of every thing near , and dear , belonging to us . An army of about 28 , 000 foot , and 2000 horse [ for a less number than 2000 horse cannot in this case be rationally supposed ] , with about 1000 draught-horses for the artillery , provision-waggons , baggage , & c . & c .
are quitting those intrenchments they threw up on their landing , and beginning their march ( say , if you please ) towards the metropolis * Then the place of their landing would probably be somewhere on the coasts of Essex , Suffolk , or Norfolk , on pne side of the Thames , or on the coasts of Kent , Sussex , Hants , pr Dorset , on the other ; that is , as nearly as they could cpme , \ yith safety , to the capital of the kingdom , and as opposite to their own shores ( with which they must keep up a constant communication ) as the nature of the case Avould permit .
Now > after they have begun their march , a remarkable difference in the manner of carrying q-n the Avar will ensue , For while the invaders were at sea , their business Avas to avoid fi g hting ; but now that they have landed , and have begun thejc march , it is their interest to fight as soon as possible : and our ' interest is just the reverse . To explain this matter in such a manner as to make the most ignorant comprehend it , and at the same time to remove all apprehensions from the timidthat
, we are flying before our enemies , I would beg leaye to obserye , even from our English History , that had Harold not given battle to William Diike of Normandy , almost as soon as he had landed ; and had he , instead of fighting , only skirmished Avith the invader , sending a feAV choice troops to dispute some particular posts , and at the same time h . arraiiing him perpetually , cutting off his convoys , ttfengtheniug hi ^ quarters " and not iving him a moment ' s ite niht or-
dayWil-, g resp g , liam fiie Norman , must have been obliged to have returned home without the ftyle and title pf William the Conqueror , if he could haA'e been able to have returned at all . M"eh the same thing would have happened to our great Deliverer the Prince of Orange , had he hot bfeft joined in his progress from E . ceter to London by great , numbers of the English , who wisely preferred the mild government of a limited Monarchy to that which Jus rival endeavoured to establish , vb . an arbi »