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The Daily Dispatch: September 19, 1864., [Electronic resource], The cruise of the "Tallahassee." (search)
by the throat and not suffered to advance, by the Prussian army, he would have made a campaign such as Grant's is. We pass over the campaign of 1807 because it presents no analogy to Grant's. In 1809, Napoleon, with inferior forces, defeated the Archduke Charles in Bavaria in four great battles, in four days, drove him to the north of the Danube, out of his way to Vienna, entered that city after a slight bombardment, crossed the Danube in pursuit of Charles, fought the drawn battle of Essling or Aspen, retreated to the Isle of Lodan, crossed the river in about six weeks fought the battle of Wagram, gained a great victory, and made the peace of Vienna. If Grant had defeated Lee, driven him across the James, seized upon Richmond, crossed the river and annihilated Lee's army, he would have done something very like what Napoleon did in this campaign. If Charles, in these four battles, had defeated Napoleon, turned him off from Vienna, and landed him on the other side of the Danube