Show t t The Principles of War WarBY I IBY BY FIELD MARSHAL l' FERDINAND EnDINA D Commandant of the time Allied Armies and the Greatest Strategist in Europe Europ AT AT T the thc be beginning of March 1796 our forces arc are divided di into an Ar Army uy of the Alps anti nn nil Arm Army of Ital Italy Conditions arc firc equally wretched in both Money Ioney food clothing arc everywhere c lackin lacking The soldiers no o longer longcr desert they plunder in ll order to exist their Officers equally ll dc destitute employ the most incorrect means Insurrection on soon appears Time The 1 t rill dissolve if the time most needed resources remain lacking I The government go powerless to remedy by itself an a r n evil h which ch it realizes loo too well can ean think of no other remedy than to take the army into the rich provinces of time the peninsula yet it is at nt least necessary to be able to move it The government undertakes therefore to have the time ReP Republic of Genoa furnish furnish fur fur- nish Wish willingly or or otherwise the most necessary help Scherer the commander in chief overwhelmed b by such a n task and b by v so hol bold a plan plat asks to be he relieved ed of his command in favor or of a younger and bolder chief then than appears as the governments government's govern govern- governments government's I ments ment's representative at the tho arm army of oC Ital Italy his efforts are arc at first In vain aln ho vainly endeavors oc to have e Scherer alter his decision ho ho- le vainly asks the senate tO of ot Genoa to lend a few fen m millions to France Francc He Inc Is compelled to resort to threats According to his plans a bOll body of or French troops will seize the Genoese- Genoese fortified place of or GIn Carl Scherer pertly agrees with the Idea organizes an expeditionary force olce from the tho three divisions of or men altogether altogether alto alto- gether and gives J es the command to Massena leas Ins sera sena with special instructions to o hl his hia patrols reach a suburb of or Genoa On March 26 Bonaparte reaches Niceto Nice Niceto to assume his duties Alread Already were felt fell the results nf or tine the Impulse given by to all tho limo services There Thero wan was a supply of nr s shoes hoe hoea a l little money promises el of flour o of forage of or mules it was Man wl wise c t to take I 11 of or the to assume as as- as assume I sume slime the offensive o l without delay Ai As parI early as the the mho preliminary I measures are arc rushed through General rl l headquarters Is lit moved mO from Nice to toI the tho forces force aro are reorganized time th combatant divisions particularly I being l Ii liy drafts from tho the dl- dl visions on tho mho coast time the cavalry I Is assembled b by tho the river ri of Genoa stores ston's dumps hospitals are arf located the animals necessary for the transport service are arc requisitioned Time The rapid execution of theo measures mean mean- tiros ures will allow operations to b begin ln about April 15 with hn bayonets on tl 1000 horses and about twenty small small- caliber guns suns A Assumes mf Offensive Bonaparte takes tho the offensive 1 Because the army can no longer live lI In iii time the Alps nor 1101 even cn on tho the river 2 Z Because It Is the soundest st tactical tac tac- t tactical lC- lC plan against Piedmont whose frontier forms Corms a semicircle of or which the French hold the time outside I 3 Because it I is III In accordance with the hc he temperament of ot the tho young general In chief The army army- of or Italy has advanced ad towards to towards to- to wards the river rl to obtain necessary supplies it occupies points on the coast It keeps up relations with tho the free rc republic of Genoa The Tho offensive c Ihu roust must t start from there What hat direction shall shaH it take Napoleon finds a n passage of or low height with cas easy slopes elopes and good road from which one can easily rush rUAh at the enemy cross the thc gates of or Piedmont In short hort assume tho time offensive e under favorable ta tactical circumstances Piedmont drawn first Into the war a against France I Is tired thed o of It 11 The people peo peo- people pie arc are suffering b by it It and a weak government lo continues It Il merely from fear Cear of or reprisals b by Austria As t tl to the latter r mistress since Ii 1795 of or n o and anti she wishes hes to extend her empire ns as far as ns Savone one on time tho rl river r of or Genoa GenoR In order to obtain an outlet for 01 the Milanese to put up a n I barrier against the ambitions of or Pied Pied- Piedmont Piedmont mont towards toward the Italian peninsula I And to pr prepare the annexation of or orG G Genoa noR The Thc community of at yu vuc's s Is no clo closer l lr r between cn limp armies les than between the I governments Q Th The conceit t and Ignorance ignorance ance nc of or the Austrian generals ed ell with limo tho command of ot the tho allied armies have hae C caused canned much friction between between between be be- tween both armies Continued tomorrow |