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The Daily Dispatch: August 22, 1862., [Electronic resource], McClellan's evacuation. (search)
s overwhelmed Napoleon at last by the enormous forces they brought to bear on him. Such mighty armies as took the field in 1813 had never been seen in Europe. Besides the forces which marched directly on Paris, in 1814, Wellington was on one frontier with 150,000 men, and a much larger force was ready to advance from Italy. It is probable that France was occupied by at least a million of men at that time and there were countless reserves ready to march in Germany, in Russia, in Sweden, in Holland, &c. After the battle of Waterloo, France was a second time occupied by 1,100,000 men. Poland was overwhelmed in 1813 entirely by dint of numbers. There is a case directly in point. The Poles fought as gallantly as it was possible for men to fight, but their army was comparatively small, and they were conquered. It is extremely difficult to conquer a people thoroughly united and resolved to do their utmost. To conquer such a people as ours we hold to be impossible. Still it is best, we