THE PRESENT POSITION OF THE AMERICAN ARMIES
... In article on The Difficulties of the American War, published the Mercury of the 18th July, observed that the real superiority in the position the armies of the South in the present contest Is that they are able to act on the defensive, whilst the real weakness the armies of the North is that they are compelled Invade and conquer—if that be possible—the territory of South. We added—The ...