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Show [ ~~'8 J Now\ fithis be prdlbl)gi1;~ the o/,;tr, !he l). of :.M:-is certainly gmlty tn a very h~gh Degree : ·For all this he has done, w? .Ire f e -'~and more . ~beliads a great deal of Ma~~dm_ em and 'Neg'dti\ifion, ~hich_}s y~t a Sed-ed0-lis: But''tfiit1smuch IS op~n an? - above:;b&Pa: AnB )f''his Ac~ufers don t meif1 an'i!I Peace;' a'!~ prolo.ngmg ~he War h'i'nder it ; 1 <;ant ·1ma9me what, they 'I.~Ollld pr~tend. r a1wars t}10ught to -t-a~e all Oppor~unities of alitl)g Offen.liv~ly 10 an Offenfive War, Had··"cen the Rlgl-J.t Ma~ agebiemj and the moft'Jlatural way to put good End to it. J , never could have fufpecl:ed, that Great ~rmies, Lo~g Campaighs, Surprizing Ma~ches , Glonous )3atrels, 'and Important s:eges_, had been· the way to prolong the '\\ ar, 1f thefe .Gentlemen ~d not told us fo. 13y ~h~t they. ~nd f:tult< with you may fee what It 1s they l)ke, :;nd ~hicl~ way they 'would have a. Gen.er~l take to end a War. They \vould' It feems' have him· manage his Troo'ps tenderly ~nd fru~Hy, ta,ke Care h?w he :akes th~ fldd too foon, for fear of t!l Acc~dencs; ,mftead of dra~ing them out th _April ' keep t~em in their Quarters till ']mte; and becaufe the latter S'eafon is ufually wet, let them leave the Field before the September R~ins o:ertake them: Te keep Men in: the !'1eld t11l November or December, is - the Rum of an. Ar. my. They would have him n:a~e no Sieges of T.o\vO.s that are well ~orttfy d ; for :hft, is making Men run the1r Heads agam Walls : Fight no Batte1s, but when you a~f fure of Victory; That is, never fight at a 1' · - muc1 n:wq\T lp!;; -fatip;ue•;:he pQyr Mel)·wi[\1 gJ:tat a_nd con.tinua! Marches to look OIJk; f9r, che Enemy, tp force. thtir G;amp , to ;tt)l!?i> an BIJt<renchmenc, ,.qr1 nafs a Riv~11 ~n s\-Jeir Sight ;, Thefe are1 ha,zjtr;qous 'Things , ,and GaJ;l't !;>e ,done but a~, great DifadVf!J)tage : Such ~ttempts l1ave. often mifcarry:u, excep- n;hi~ War; a,Q.g,wpen they fucceeq, · ,Ar@ es oft-en fuffe.r very l!}uch : Tho\ iJ ;,nufr be conf~fs'd indeed, the D. of Af:. h;ts·,been. very, fortunate, in p:Jffi:ng fo many, _f~vers an~: Lil)es whh fo li~t!e Lofs. ,But T)lings are nOJ:·the more .Reafqnable,, becauf<r ~ :tvJan has Luck ; and cpercfore. he is jtrft:J~;o .be bl~m'd for them ;1 foJ he could no~ pe • .furq he fl;Iould fucceed. "In, ilion, ~:~iineral ibo1,1ld alway~ favour his Men, ,never:t.nake unmerciful Night-Marc,hes ; chp' ~\1e Du)ie inqecd has prattis'd!h§m with ftrange good Fortune , .. upon a gr,ear many Occaii_\)ns. Never rparch ,abcv!'< Three Lc:;_agues at a ume, that the Enemy .k~1owing your Rt~le, may never be furpriz'd; for by your •long MarchesJ_your own A,rmy and th_e Enemy's too fuffer extreil)ely ; cfpecially in warm Wel\ther . when Mel). and OfficefS are, for wa,nt of dJeir •llap;gage, furc'd to j:>e withqut them~ejTary Refrdlun~ms. Laftly, .~~oid of all Things Ma~hiao-,~in .wet W;qth~Lr! which tires tbe .!',-fen ftrangcly : -And rfor that .RenfonJ when you11re in a goo~ <;:a!l)p, neyer le~re, 1t wi1ho;u~ qJl)fulting rhc G~afs : Wait rilJ it be fmt~d Ft;ir, and then a ~pederate Mllr-ch can do_ che Men IJO hurt, \mt rather Good. Theft;,, ,by_. the R<Ile of ·contraries, t:~sm tQ. b\!_. t~s: Mcthcds,by which , thcfe |