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The Daily Dispatch: June 27, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Yankee incursion and its Objects. (search)
ll do as Napoleon did, for, says the Colonel, as we have just remarked, all great Generals make war alike. He is also a profound student of military writings in general, and of course is well acquainted with the military views of the greatest of them all. He has already changed his base, which is no longer Richmond, but some point in Maryland. Any interruption on this part of the line, therefore, cannot affect his operations, because it is entirely external. When he shall have disposed of Hooker, and otherwise completed the enterprise immediately in view, he will then clear his communications. He could not expect that they would be left secure, upon so long a line. Napoleon further remarks that the communications beyond the immediate base cannot be protected by the army operating against the enemy, because it would require detachments so numerous and so strong as to render that army powerless. In general, he thought it best to leave them to the care of the inhabitants. That