-
Articles/Ads
Article REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. ← Page 7 of 8 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Review Of New Publications.
The following reply to Dr . Turton , towards the latter part of his life , reiSpectiug the French revolution , was in some measure prophetical : ' ' My clear Turton , how can any two reasonable men think differently on the subject . A nation which , for more than twelve centuries , fifas made ' a conspicuous figure in the annals of Europe ; a nation , where the polite arts first flourishedln the northern hemisphere , and found an asylum against the barbarous incursions of the Goths and Vandals ; a nation , whose
philosop hers and men of science cherished and improved civilization , and grafted on the feudal system tbe best of ail systems , their laws respecting the descents and various modifications of territorial property—to think that a natku . like this should not , in the course of so many centuries , have learned something worth preserving ; should not have hit upon some little code of laws , or a few principles sufficient to form one , Ideots 1 who , instead of retaining what was valuablesound and energeticin their constitution , have at once
, , _ sunk into barbarity , lost sig ht of first principles , and brought forward a farrago of laws fit for Botany Bay 1 It is enough to fill the mind with astonishment and abhorrence ! A constitution like this may survive that of an old man , but nothing less than a miracle can protect , and transmit it down to posterity !'
Tbe History of the Campaign of 179 6 , in Germany end Italy . Sw . 6 s . Boards . Cadell and Davies . THE Author of this work seems to be exceedingly well-informed on thisinteresting subject . He does not indeed excel in the theory of tactics ; nor does he sufficiently analize the Causes of victory in every instance ; but he details his accounts with great p lainness and fidelity , from authentic and
orig inal sources of information . There is no fa 6 t less decided and settled between the partizans of the . regal coalition and those of the republic than the relative strength of the opposed armies If we listen to the British officers who are returned from the continent , we should think that the French had never won a victory without a very gi ' eat superiority in point of numbers . _ If we trust to the official vaunts of contractorsministersand commissariesthe numbers
fur-, , , nished for the field have ever , before the battle , rivalled the enemy ' s squadrons . Untried forces over-rate themselves , in order to intimidate ; and conquering foes undervalue themselves , in order to enhance their . glory ; so that various causes concur to mislead the most impartial and cautious arithmetician . Our author thus estimates :
' With respeft to the strength of the opposed armies , it is obvious , that in order to be enabled to appreciate them with absolute precision and certainty , it would be necessary that the Author should have been commander in chief , or at least an officer of the staff of both armies . His enquiries , however , on this point have been numerous and extensive , _ and he has addressed himself for the purposeto those persons , whom their local position , and their military situation , equally placed within reach of very good
information oil the subject . The communication which he has received from them enables him to form a near estimate of the numbers of the French and Imperial armies , at the opening of this campaign . _ He thinks himself authorised to state that at this time , the two French armies , commanded b y Generals Jourdan and Morean , amounted to more than 160 , 600 men ; and that the Imperial forces commanded by his Royal Highness the Archduke Charles , including the Saxons and other ' contingents of the empire , were nearly 150 , 000 men . ' After having described the disorderly retreat of General Jourdan , the following refieftiens occur , —which we believe to be very just ;
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Review Of New Publications.
The following reply to Dr . Turton , towards the latter part of his life , reiSpectiug the French revolution , was in some measure prophetical : ' ' My clear Turton , how can any two reasonable men think differently on the subject . A nation which , for more than twelve centuries , fifas made ' a conspicuous figure in the annals of Europe ; a nation , where the polite arts first flourishedln the northern hemisphere , and found an asylum against the barbarous incursions of the Goths and Vandals ; a nation , whose
philosop hers and men of science cherished and improved civilization , and grafted on the feudal system tbe best of ail systems , their laws respecting the descents and various modifications of territorial property—to think that a natku . like this should not , in the course of so many centuries , have learned something worth preserving ; should not have hit upon some little code of laws , or a few principles sufficient to form one , Ideots 1 who , instead of retaining what was valuablesound and energeticin their constitution , have at once
, , _ sunk into barbarity , lost sig ht of first principles , and brought forward a farrago of laws fit for Botany Bay 1 It is enough to fill the mind with astonishment and abhorrence ! A constitution like this may survive that of an old man , but nothing less than a miracle can protect , and transmit it down to posterity !'
Tbe History of the Campaign of 179 6 , in Germany end Italy . Sw . 6 s . Boards . Cadell and Davies . THE Author of this work seems to be exceedingly well-informed on thisinteresting subject . He does not indeed excel in the theory of tactics ; nor does he sufficiently analize the Causes of victory in every instance ; but he details his accounts with great p lainness and fidelity , from authentic and
orig inal sources of information . There is no fa 6 t less decided and settled between the partizans of the . regal coalition and those of the republic than the relative strength of the opposed armies If we listen to the British officers who are returned from the continent , we should think that the French had never won a victory without a very gi ' eat superiority in point of numbers . _ If we trust to the official vaunts of contractorsministersand commissariesthe numbers
fur-, , , nished for the field have ever , before the battle , rivalled the enemy ' s squadrons . Untried forces over-rate themselves , in order to intimidate ; and conquering foes undervalue themselves , in order to enhance their . glory ; so that various causes concur to mislead the most impartial and cautious arithmetician . Our author thus estimates :
' With respeft to the strength of the opposed armies , it is obvious , that in order to be enabled to appreciate them with absolute precision and certainty , it would be necessary that the Author should have been commander in chief , or at least an officer of the staff of both armies . His enquiries , however , on this point have been numerous and extensive , _ and he has addressed himself for the purposeto those persons , whom their local position , and their military situation , equally placed within reach of very good
information oil the subject . The communication which he has received from them enables him to form a near estimate of the numbers of the French and Imperial armies , at the opening of this campaign . _ He thinks himself authorised to state that at this time , the two French armies , commanded b y Generals Jourdan and Morean , amounted to more than 160 , 600 men ; and that the Imperial forces commanded by his Royal Highness the Archduke Charles , including the Saxons and other ' contingents of the empire , were nearly 150 , 000 men . ' After having described the disorderly retreat of General Jourdan , the following refieftiens occur , —which we believe to be very just ;