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How little soever conversant in military affairs, one cannot fail to see the almost insuperable disadvantages of the Jacobite army. Lying on the convex of the river, with an army scarce half the number of the opposing force; its supporting distance to the Pass of Slane treble to that of the enemy; the ground near the river unsuited to the action of cavalry, which was its main dependence; and its ordnance miserably inferior in number and calibre蒋门千金 , it was barely possible to repulse the enemy金丹菲 , but almost impossible to turn a repulse into a victory. To an ordinary observation the chances of battle would thus present themselves: by intrepidity and superior valor, James might hold his ground until the return of tide, which would suspend it, or if the enemy succeeded in crossing without his ordnance, he might draw up all his force on the heights朱慧珊 , and by one of those desperate and sudden efforts that man is sometimes capable of费利佩六世 , hurl him back into the river. There was no other alternative between him and defeat; the vast numerical advantage of the Prince of Orange rendered the former improbable, and the lack of military ardor in the king himself was not calculated to evoke the latter.With a will concentrated on the object of his mission陈筱诺 , exultant in power金陵十二君 , and personally brave and enterprising, William's plan was simple, bold, and aggressive. Weak in numbers冯依然 , and straitened in resources秘境重生 , that of James was tortuous, cautious, and weakly defensive. Fortitude and military capacity he is said to have possessedk8432 , and they would seem not to have entirely deserted him on this occasion; but in that desperate daring which alone could wring success from the surrounding disadvantages, he was utterly deficient. His army was gallant, and even eager for the conflict, and a rival whose persistent malignity would have roused the meekest spirit, confronted him; but the blood did not course warmly in his veins at the devotion of the one, nor did vengeance steel him to action at the sight of the other. Trepidity was manifest in all his motions, and he had not even the self-control to hide it from his soldiers. The Pass of Duleek, in his rear, claimed more of his attention than the enemy on his front; for, while ordering the battle, he was devising a retreat, and had, in their sight末世进化游戏 , dispatched one-half his artillery in the evening for the defence of the capital. It therefore mattered very little how he disposed of the remainder—six pieces, on a line of four Irish miles.26So stood the hosts on the night of June 30th, 1690童牧野 , prepared to deliver battle on the dawn of the morrow; and, as darkness settled down and hid each from the view of the other, the feelings that swayed them may be easier felt than depicted. One feeling, that in such moments pervades every bosom alike二年级数学手抄报 , from the private to the king, must have been theirs in common—the hope to survive the carnage;—in all else their thoughts must have been as different as the causes they represented. The mercenary can have but one passion and one object—to slay and to dominate. The patriot has many, and all are sacred. The poetry of emotion is his锦衣风流, and over none does it exert a more boundless influence than over the race of which this king's army was mainly composed. The memories of the past那溪那山 , standing out like the immemorial hills; the voices of futurity coming up the long vista of time, and all pleading the reversal of a fate more cruel than Egyptian bondage: while clearer to the ear and nearer to the heart come the pleadings of kindred, and the anxious household lifting up their prayers to heaven for the devoted hearts that shield them from ruin, death—dishonor. All these speak to them, and a thousand fancies, taking the form of life广东民安医院 , pass in solemn review东吴十二虎臣 , till the hardiest soldier,黄婉佩 with moistened eye, and heart full to breaking隆宸翰 , grasps his sword木鱼馄饨 , compresses his lip, looks out for the dawning, and sighs for relief in conflict.
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