400
at the disposal of the
a half strong Regiments Commander in Chief for garrisons and active.
Service to the Northwards, and though 8:
and though less might
do for dong Nong, and Noolangevo, it is to be.
were in winds that a part of the Troops first
borne
placed there will be at any moment disposable,
be
should. Sir Hugh Gough think they can better be employed, to the Northward, and I am
Convinced that this demonstration of
over
Awful
Bur
-whelming Military strength will, when Combined with the ample means which the Admiral has at his Command, Cause, a most powerful and Salutary
impression
more.
on the Cabinet of Peking, and will
fully open-
the
eyes of the Emperor
and his warlike Councillors (who are
unquestionably acquainted, through spies, with
all our
arrangements) as to the overwhelming Power
of
the ... of
of England, and the absolute hopelessness
of attempting to oppose it, then our having a much
larger Army in one-
body in the field, and
which the invariable and brilliant success
which has marked the progress of the war,
has perfectly demonstrated to be unnecessary
to
ensure victory wherever this combined Forces shall have
an Enemy.
an
opportunity of meeting
Your Lordship will, I am sure
understand, that in
offering the opinions I have on Garrisons and other
subject of
arrangements Connected with the temporary occupation of Posts of this Empire, it is the ... farthest from my intention to intrude my
Military matters, but these
on the great
sentiments on
questions bear so directly
+
Political and ultimate objects of the
Expedition that I feel that to remain quite
silent
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