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' Thus ended the retreat of General Jourdan , a retreat of more than one hundred leagues , in which he lost near one half of his aimy , and was drivers in twenty five days from the frontiers of Bohemia to the walls of D . isseidorf . ' This retreat formed a strong contrast with that of General Wartensleben , who disputed every foot ofground with scarcely 25 , 000 , against 50 , 000 men ; who never suffered any considerable part of his army to be either cut off or endangered ; and who employed near two months in retiring from
the Siegto the Naab . A comparison drawn between-these two retreats , seems to confirm the opinion , that if the French are endowed with the qualities which lead to victory , they are not , in the same degree , possessed of those which are requisite to support a defeat ; and that the latter qualifications are eminently possessed by the Austrians . This campaign of Jourdan ' s proved , that if the valour of the soldiersand the boldness of their Generals , are sufficient to render an
, army victorious , the only hope of safety , in case of a defeat , must be placed in the passive obedience of the troops , in the regular subordination of the officers , in the ability of the Generals , and in the solid organization of ail its parts . It was to the want of all these circumstances that Jourdan owed the rapid abandonment of his conquests , and the destruction of his army . Two great defeats would not have occasioned a loss equal to that which lie
sustained by the want of disci pline among his soldiers , by the spirit of independence among his Generals , and of disobedience among his subaltern officers . The great irregularity in the distribution of provisions , and the extreme disorder which reigned in the interior government of his army , were more fatal to him than the sword of the Austrians . They produced disobedience and discouragement among the soldiery , caused a considerable desertion , and obliged the different corps to follow their own discretion , in
directing their retreat to whatever places could provide them the subsistence which they were then so much in want of . A total disunion in the motions and the positions of the whole army was tbe consequence which rendered it impossible to oppose a victorious , active , and well . regulated force . The excessive contributions , extortions , and outrages exercised upon the inhabitants of the conquered countries , excited in them the most violent animosity , which shewed itself evidentlyfrom the very beginning of the French
, disasters . The disorder of their 1 etreat , tbe plunder and violence by which it was marked , gave the Franconian Peasants , at the same time , new causes of resentment , and a favourable opportunity of revenging themselves . The bad military and political conduct of the . French occasioned the loss , not only of their conquests , but likewise of the partizans tbey bad in Germany . When conquerors , they were detested ; when conquered , they were despised . '
( TO BE CONTINUED . ) Lorenzino di Medici , and other Poems , tzmo . is . Cadell and Davies . THE story is that of the assassination of Alexander III . Duke of Florence ,., by his minister and kinsman , Lorenzino di Medici , for which the author himself refers his readers to Robertson ' s Charles V . and Roscoe ' s Life of Lorenzo . The most prominent character is that of Margaret of Austria ,
an high spirited Princess , who , in fact , was the wife of Alexander , and betrothed , after his death , to Octavio Farnese . The author dedicates the ? publication to Mr . Roscoe , and in a short advertisement , apologizes for the liberty he has taken with histor ) . Eight sonnets subjoined , prove the author to be as enthusiastic a votary to constant love , as to the Muses , and must have pleaded strongly for him where he wished to have them approved . Though the composition of this elegantly printed drama will not place its author among the first poets of this kind , ov even the second , there is nothing in the production that is grossly faulty .
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Review Of New Publications.
' Thus ended the retreat of General Jourdan , a retreat of more than one hundred leagues , in which he lost near one half of his aimy , and was drivers in twenty five days from the frontiers of Bohemia to the walls of D . isseidorf . ' This retreat formed a strong contrast with that of General Wartensleben , who disputed every foot ofground with scarcely 25 , 000 , against 50 , 000 men ; who never suffered any considerable part of his army to be either cut off or endangered ; and who employed near two months in retiring from
the Siegto the Naab . A comparison drawn between-these two retreats , seems to confirm the opinion , that if the French are endowed with the qualities which lead to victory , they are not , in the same degree , possessed of those which are requisite to support a defeat ; and that the latter qualifications are eminently possessed by the Austrians . This campaign of Jourdan ' s proved , that if the valour of the soldiersand the boldness of their Generals , are sufficient to render an
, army victorious , the only hope of safety , in case of a defeat , must be placed in the passive obedience of the troops , in the regular subordination of the officers , in the ability of the Generals , and in the solid organization of ail its parts . It was to the want of all these circumstances that Jourdan owed the rapid abandonment of his conquests , and the destruction of his army . Two great defeats would not have occasioned a loss equal to that which lie
sustained by the want of disci pline among his soldiers , by the spirit of independence among his Generals , and of disobedience among his subaltern officers . The great irregularity in the distribution of provisions , and the extreme disorder which reigned in the interior government of his army , were more fatal to him than the sword of the Austrians . They produced disobedience and discouragement among the soldiery , caused a considerable desertion , and obliged the different corps to follow their own discretion , in
directing their retreat to whatever places could provide them the subsistence which they were then so much in want of . A total disunion in the motions and the positions of the whole army was tbe consequence which rendered it impossible to oppose a victorious , active , and well . regulated force . The excessive contributions , extortions , and outrages exercised upon the inhabitants of the conquered countries , excited in them the most violent animosity , which shewed itself evidentlyfrom the very beginning of the French
, disasters . The disorder of their 1 etreat , tbe plunder and violence by which it was marked , gave the Franconian Peasants , at the same time , new causes of resentment , and a favourable opportunity of revenging themselves . The bad military and political conduct of the . French occasioned the loss , not only of their conquests , but likewise of the partizans tbey bad in Germany . When conquerors , they were detested ; when conquered , they were despised . '
( TO BE CONTINUED . ) Lorenzino di Medici , and other Poems , tzmo . is . Cadell and Davies . THE story is that of the assassination of Alexander III . Duke of Florence ,., by his minister and kinsman , Lorenzino di Medici , for which the author himself refers his readers to Robertson ' s Charles V . and Roscoe ' s Life of Lorenzo . The most prominent character is that of Margaret of Austria ,
an high spirited Princess , who , in fact , was the wife of Alexander , and betrothed , after his death , to Octavio Farnese . The author dedicates the ? publication to Mr . Roscoe , and in a short advertisement , apologizes for the liberty he has taken with histor ) . Eight sonnets subjoined , prove the author to be as enthusiastic a votary to constant love , as to the Muses , and must have pleaded strongly for him where he wished to have them approved . Though the composition of this elegantly printed drama will not place its author among the first poets of this kind , ov even the second , there is nothing in the production that is grossly faulty .